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Definition of: pharmaceutic
(fär′mə·s′tik) adjective
Pertaining to, using, or relating to pharmacy or the pharmacopoeia: also phar·ma·cal (fär′mə·kəl).
—noun A drug. Also phar′ma·ceu′ti·cal. [<L pharmaceuticus <Gk. pharmakeutikos of drugs <pharmakeutēs druggist <pharmakeuein give drugs <pharmakon a drug]
—phar′ma·ceu′ti·cal·y adverb
—phar′ma·ceu′tist noun
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