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Pharmaceutical
{
Pharˊma-ceu′tic
(färˊmȧ-sū′tĭk)
, Pharˊma-ceu′tic-al
(-tĭ-kal)
, } Adj.
Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy;
– as,
. pharmaceutical
preparationsPharˊma-ceu′tic-al-ly
, adv.
Pharmaceutical chemistry
, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.