Pharmaceutical

Definitions: Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical

Adjective

1. Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; "the pharmaceutical industry".

Noun

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

Date "pharmaceutical" was first used: 1648. (references)

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Pharmaceutical

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
Ph.C.	English	Pharmaceutical Chemist	Chemistry, Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Pharmaceutical

Synonym: pharmaceutic (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Pharmaceutical

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Remedy	Medicine, physic, Galenicals, simples, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription, potion, draught, dose, pill, bolus, injection, infusion, drip, suppository, electuary; linctus, lincture; medicament; pharmacon.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Pharmaceutical

English words defined with "pharmaceutical": Bain-marie ♦ clot buster, convenience store ♦ pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical chemist, Pharmaceutical chemistry ♦ radiopharmaceutical ♦ thrombolytic, thrombolytic agent. (references)

Specialty definitions using "pharmaceutical": Benzethonium, Benzoates, brominated oil ♦ Chlorobutanol, COATER, cold weather assembly, cold-weather clothing, Community Pharmacy Services, Coumarins ♦ detailer, pharmaceuticals, Dosage Forms, Drug Costs ♦ Edetic Acid, Ely Lilly, empty cachet of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use ♦ Fees, Pharmaceutical, Freeze Drying ♦ Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services ♦ LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, PHARMACEUTICAL, length indicator field extension bit, low-temperature clothing ♦ Neurotoxicity Syndromes ♦ Oxford Pharmaceutical Sciences ♦ Pentylenetetrazole, PHARMACEUTICAL DETAILER, Pharmaceutical Documentation Ring, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Pharmaceutical Services, Pharmaceutical Solutions, pharmaceutical taste, PHARMACEUTICAL-COMPOUNDING SUPERVISOR, PHARMACIST ASSISTANT, pharmacy cler, Pharmacy Service, Hospital, PHARMACY TECHNICIAN, pill coater, Preservatives, Pharmaceutical, Propylene Glycols ♦ QUALITY-CONTROL CLERK, Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship ♦ RADIOPHARMACIST, ready-made veterinary medicinal product ♦ Schering-Plough, Seikagaku Corp., Societies, Pharmaceutical, Sorbitol, Specialty Chemicals and Products, SUPERVISOR, ANIMAL MAINTENANCE ♦ tablet coater, Technology, Pharmaceutical, Trifluoroethanol ♦ Veterinary biologics ♦ Warner-Lambert. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Pharmaceutical

Domain	Title
References	Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Banyu Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Alliance Pharmaceutical Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Ono Pharmaceutical Co Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Eudralex: The rules governing products in the European Union; Volume 5, Pharmaceutical legislation: Veterinary medicinal products (reference) Seminar on Foresight or Hindsight? : a fundamental Pharmaceutical marketing research problem, Maidenhead, (U.K.), 2nd-4th March, 1977 (reference) Managed Competition and Pharmaceutical Care: A Challenge for the Profession (Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Economics , Vol 7, No 1-2) (reference) Drug Use in Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (Monograph Published Simultaneously As the Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain & Symptom Control , Vol) (reference) Oral Drug Absorption: Prediction and Assessment (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol 106) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Superior Intelligence About Intellectual Properties - Pharmaceutical Edition (reference) Windhovers Pharmaceutical Strategic Alliances (reference) F-d-c Reports Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly (reference) Pharmaceutical Benefits Under State Medical Assistance Programs (reference) Journal Of Pharmaceutical And Biomedical Analysis (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Pharmaceutical

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The flu vaccination shortage was caused by a slow-growing component of this year's vaccine formulation, along with production problems at two of the four pharmaceutical companies licensed to produce influenza vaccine in the United States. (File photo, 199.		[A pharmaceutical lesson].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[Pharmacy: Illustration of pharmaceutical chest] / J.G. Hallman del. Carol. Bergquist sculp.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Be Wise With Medicines : Ask Your Pharmacist How / American Pharmaceutical Association.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Protect Your Children : Children Act Fast..So Can Poison / American Pharmaceutical Association.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		European Roots of American Pharmacy: An Exhibition of Pharmaceutical Treasures.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Practical Pharmacy of the Pharmaceutical Shop and Laboratory 1849.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Ciba (pharmaceutical production), Summit, New Jersey. Transentine phenobarbital.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Product photographs. Various bottles of pharmaceutical products I.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Pharmaceutical

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		It currently covers some 14 programs for nine pharmaceutical companies. (references)
		Some analogs are produced by pharmaceutical companies for legitimate medical reasons. (references)
		Many pharmaceutical companies are working to synthesize these substances in laboratories as future medications. (references)
Business		Most pharmaceutical chemicals are not subject to marketing approval. (references)
		A foreign company can also acquire a pharmaceutical company in Germany. (references)
		In 1999, the EU passed a directive for a pharmaceutical protection certificate. (references)
Civil Liberties	Ukraine	Two libel suits were filed against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) during the year, one in February by Rada Deputy Oleksandr Volkov and the other in June by the Darnytsya pharmaceutical factory; however, no decision or settlement had been reached by year's end for either suit. (references)
Economic History	Egypt	During 2000, the pharmaceutical market in Egypt totaled $1.32 billion, and it is expected to grow annually by 3.6%. Local production covers approximately 92.5% of the pharmaceutical's market demand. (references)
	Guyana	The government also approved a 60 percent bid from Queens Atlantic Investments for control of the Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC). Other state firms still on the auction block include Guyana National Printers, Guyana Stores, and the bauxite mines, Linmine and Bermine. (references)
Political Economy	BANGLADESH	Intellectual property infringement is common, particularly of computer software, motion pictures, pharmaceutical products and audio and video cassettes. (references)
	POLAND	An independent regulator for the telecommunications sector began functioning in 2001. Current concerns include product certification standards and pharmaceutical registration and pricing mechanisms, which effectively impede market access. (references)
	RUSSIA	Russia's Patent Law includes a grace period, procedures for deferred examination, protection for chemical and pharmaceutical products, and national treatment for foreign patent holders. (references)
Trade	Philippines	For penicillin-containing pharmaceutical products, a holder of a valid license to operate as drug distributor/importer should apply for permit to import and submit all documents as specified in the checklist of requirements. (references)
	Philippines	Any person who desires to import pharmaceutical products should secure a license to operate from the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) and submit the documents as specified in the checklist of requirements. (references)
	Haiti	Import permits are required for firearms and pharmaceutical products. (references)
Travel	Bahrain	Certain pharmaceutical products may be unavailable, or sold under a European name. (references)
Worker Rights	Romania	Prices for utility services such as water and heating continued to rise; however, basic food and pharmaceutical products still were subject to price ceilings. (references)
	Yugoslavia	The ICN Galenika Pharmaceutical Company has also been the focus of strike activity. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Pharmaceutical

"Pharmaceutical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.38% of the time. "Pharmaceutical" is used about 493 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	98.38%	485	12,309
Noun (proper)	1.42%	7	133,076
Noun (common)	0.2%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	493	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Pharmaceutical

Country	Name	Country	Name
Australia	Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited	Belgium	PCB SA distributes pharmaceutical products in Belgium and
Canada	Nymox Pharmaceutical	China	Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc.
Hong Kong	China Pharmaceutical Enterprise and Investment Corporation Limited	India	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
Israel	Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.	Japan	Banyu Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
South Korea	Boryung Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.	Taiwan	Yung Shin Pharmaceutical Industrial Co L
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Pharmaceutical

Expressions using "pharmaceutical": empty cachet of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use ♦ fully integrated pharmaceutical company ♦ Oxford Pharmaceutical Sciences ♦ pharmaceutical chemist ♦ pharmaceutical chemistry ♦ Pharmaceutical Documentation Ring ♦ pharmaceutical industry ♦ pharmaceutical preparation ♦ Pharmaceutical Preparations ♦ pharmaceutical products ♦ Pharmaceutical Research Associates ♦ pharmaceutical services ♦ Pharmaceutical Solutions ♦ pharmaceutical store ♦ pharmaceutical taste ♦ pharmaceutical waste ♦ virtually integrated pharmaceutical company. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "pharmaceutical": medical-pharmaceutical, medico-pharmaceutical, non-pharmaceutical.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pharmaceutical

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
pharmaceutical	2,593	takeda pharmaceutical	143
pharmaceutical company	2,180	pharmaceutical drug	133
pharmaceutical sales	719	novartis pharmaceutical	130
pharmaceutical industry	668	teva pharmaceutical	128
pharmaceutical job	545	merck pharmaceutical	125
pharmaceutical sale	308	pharmaceutical manufacturer	122
millennium pharmaceutical	286	elan pharmaceutical	114
watson pharmaceutical	286	icn pharmaceutical	107
pfizer pharmaceutical	254	roche pharmaceutical	104
king pharmaceutical	226	geneva pharmaceutical	98
tap pharmaceutical	226	pharmaceutical news	92
forest pharmaceutical	221	pharmaceutical career	92
curriculum cv pharmaceutical resume rsum sales vitae	217	pharmaceutical recruiter	92
wyeth pharmaceutical	183	shire pharmaceutical	90
pharmaceutical sales job	171	electronic journal pharmaceutical	90
apply description education experience experience job job job job listing mail now objective opening opportunity pharmaceutical reference resume resume resume sales skill submit work	170	kos pharmaceutical	87
not our pharmaceutical present resume sales us we	156	pharmaceutical marketing	86
idec pharmaceutical	150	pharmaceutical dictionary	85
athlon pharmaceutical	150	pharmaceutical rep	84
aventis pharmaceutical	145	janssen pharmaceutical	84
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Pharmaceutical

Language		Translations for "pharmaceutical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		medisyne (drug, medicine), artseny (drug, medicine). (various references)

Arabic		‏صيدلي (apothecary, dispenser, druggist, pharmaceutic, pharmacist), ‏الأدوية, ‏الدوائية. (various references)

Catalan		medecina (drug, medicine). (various references)

Chinese		配药. (various references)

Danish		medikament (drug, medicament, medicine), medicin (drug, medicine), lægemiddel (drug, medicine), farmaceutisk. (various references)

Dutch		geneesmiddel (drug, medicine). (various references)

Esperanto		medikamento (drug, medicine), medicinaĵo (drug, medicine), kuracilo (drug, medicine). (various references)

Finnish		lääke (drug, medicine, remedy). (various references)

French		pharmaceutique (pharmaceutic). (various references)

Frisian		medisyn (drug, medicine), medikamint (drug, medicine), doktersguod (drug, medicine). (various references)

German		pharmazeutisch (pharmaceutic). (various references)

Greek		φαρμακευτικόσ (healing, officinal). (various references)

Hungarian		orvosság (doctor's stuff, drug, fix, medicament, medicine, mixture, remedy), gyógyszer (drug, medicament, medication, medicine, neurotic, oral administration of a drug, pill, remedy). (various references)

Icelandic		læknisfræði (drug, medicine). (various references)

Indonesian		kefarmasian (pharmaceutical affairs). (various references)

Italian		farmaceutico (pharmaceutic). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		薬科大学 (college of pharmacy, pharmaceutical college), 薬事法 (Pharmaceutical Affairs Law), 薬品会社 (pharmaceutical company), 薬学部 (college of pharmacy, pharmaceutical department), 診断薬 (diagnostic drug, diagnostic pharmaceutical). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しんだんやく (diagnostic drug, diagnostic pharmaceutical), やくがくぶ (college of pharmacy, pharmaceutical department), やくひんがいしゃ (pharmaceutical company), やくじほう (Pharmaceutical Affairs Law), やっかだいがく (college of pharmacy, pharmaceutical college). (various references)

Korean		약제. (various references)

Malay		obat (drug, medicine). (various references)

Manx		potacareeagh, medshinagh. (various references)

Norwegian		medisin (drug, medicine). (various references)

Papiamen		remedi (drug, medicine). (various references)

Pig Latin		armaceuticalphay

Polish		lekarstwo (drug, medicine). (various references)

Portuguese		remédio (cure, curing, drug, help, medicaster, medicine, physic, redress, relief, remedy, salve), farmacêutico, fariseu. (various references)

Romanian		medicament (drug, medicament, medicine, physic), farmaceutic (pharmaceutic, pharmaceutically), doctorie (drug, medicine). (various references)

Russian		фармацевтический (pharmaceutic). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		farmaceutski. (various references)

Spanish		medicamento (drug, medicament, medicine, physic), medicina (doctor, dose, drug, medicament, medicine, mixture). (various references)

Sranan		dresi (drug, medicine). (various references)

Swahili		dawa (drug, medicine). (various references)

Swedish		medicin (drug, medication, medicine, physic), läkemedel (curative, drug, medicament, medicine, medicines, pharmaceuticals, remedy), farmaceutisk. (various references)

Tagalog		gamót (drug, medicine). (various references)

Turkish		ilaç kullanımına ait, eczacılığa ait. (various references)

Ukranian		фармацевтичний (pharmaceutic). (various references)

Yucatec		ts'aak (drug, medicine). (various references)

Zulu		umuthi (drug, medicine). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Pharmaceutical

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	pharmaceuticus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Pharmaceutical

Derivations
	Words beginning with "pharmaceutical": pharmaceutically, pharmaceuticals. (additional references)
	Words ending with "pharmaceutical": radiopharmaceutical. (additional references)
	Words containing "pharmaceutical": radiopharmaceuticals. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Pharmaceutical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: farmaceutico, pharmaceutic, pharma-ceutical, pharmacutical, Pharmaecutica, pharmaseutical, pharmeceutical, pharmecuetical, pharmiceutical. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Pharmaceutical"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "pharmaceutical" (pronounced fÄ'rmusuw"tikul)
5	-t i k u l	acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, astronautical, critical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, egotistical, elliptical, fanatical, geopolitical, heretical, hypercritical, hypocritical, identical, logistical, mathematical, mystical, nonpolitical, optical, problematical, sabbatical, statistical, tactical, testicle, theoretical, uncritical, vertical, viatical.
4	-i k u l	archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, graphical, gynecological, helical, historical, hysterical, icicle, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, lyrical, magical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, technical, technological, teleological, theatrical, theological, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, virological, whimsical, zoological.
3	-k u l	aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Pharmaceutical

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-e-h-i-l-m-p-r-t-u"
	-3 letters: autarchical, malpractice.
	-4 letters: alphameric, metacarpal, parachutic.
	-5 letters: acclaimer, acclimate, actuarial, apiculate, autarchic, caliphate, capitular, circulate, eclamptic, hematuria, malachite, metacarpi, parachute, paramecia, practical, practicum, rheumatic, theriacal, triumphal, tularemia, tularemic, ultrachic.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-c-e-h-i-l-m-p-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: pharmaceuticals.
	+2 letters: pharmaceutically.
	+5 letters: radiopharmaceutical.
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