PHARMACEUTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pharmaceutic mean? 

• PHARMACEUTIC (noun)
  The noun PHARMACEUTIC has 1 sense:

1. drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment

  Familiarity information: PHARMACEUTIC used as a noun is very rare.

• PHARMACEUTIC (adjective)
  The adjective PHARMACEUTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists

  Familiarity information: PHARMACEUTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHARMACEUTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pharmaceutic; pharmaceutical

Hypernyms ("pharmaceutic" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pharmaceutic"):

radiopharmaceutical (pharmaceutical consisting of a radioactive compound used in radiation therapy)

clot buster; thrombolytic; thrombolytic agent (a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle)

• PHARMACEUTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

pharmaceutic; pharmaceutical

Context example:

the pharmaceutical industry

Pertainym:

pharmaceutics (the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,)

pharmacist (a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs)

Derivation:

pharmaceutics (the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,)

pharmacist (a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs)

pharmacy (a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold)

pharmacy (the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,)

 Context examples 

Compounding drug dosage forms for human consumption under a contract by other sources than the facilities that use the pharmaceutics.

(Outsourcing Human Drug Compounding, NCI Thesaurus)

Light mineral oil has uses in biotechnology, pharmaceutics, cosmetics, and industry.

(Light Mineral Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

A small medicinal particle or grain made available in its more stable dry form, to be reconstituted with solvent just before dispensing to form a suspension; the granules are so prepared to contain not only the medicinal agent, but the colorants, flavorants, and any other desired pharmaceutic ingredient.

(Granule for Suspension Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A small medicinal particle or grain made available in its more stable dry form, to be reconstituted with solvent just before dispensing; the granules are so prepared to contain not only the medicinal agent, but the colorants, flavorants, and any other desired pharmaceutic ingredient.

(Granule for Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)