Antonyms for pharmaceutical


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fahr-muh-soo-ti-kuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌfɑr məˈsu tɪ kəl


Definition of pharmaceutical

Origin :
  • 1640s (pharmaceutic in the same sense is from 1540s), from Late Latin pharmaceuticus "of drugs," from Greek pharmakeutikos, from pharmakeus "preparer of drugs, poisoner" (see pharmacy). Related: Pharmaceuticals; pharmaceutically.
  • noun drug
Example sentences :
  • Pharmaceutical, Non-officinal, and other Preparations of Arsenic.
  • Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth
  • This oil affords a cheap and excellent substitute for olive oil for pharmaceutical and other purposes.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • At the Smithsonian … exhibits on pharmaceutical dosage forms.
  • Extract from : « Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 » by Anonymous
  • Pulvis, L. Powders are divided by pharmaceutical writers into two classes—simple and compound.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • A receipt for this article, upon the authority of Battley, has been going the round of the pharmaceutical works for many years.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • The word, thus applied, is obsolete out of the pharmaceutical laboratory.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • In most pharmaceutical works directions are given to completely saturate the water with sugar.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • The Pharmaceutical Society was incorporated by royal charter in 1843.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 5 » by Various
  • It is the only kind of water that should be employed in chemical and pharmaceutical operations.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • Base of pharmaceutical bottle, pale-green glass with pronounced conical kick and rough pontil scar, the metal very thin.
  • Extract from : « Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology » by Ivor Noel Hume

Synonyms for pharmaceutical

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