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pharmaceutical

adjective
🔊/ˌfɑːməˈsuːtɪkl/, 🔊/ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkl/
🔊/ˌfɑːrməˈsuːtɪkl/
[only before noun]
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  1. connected with making and selling medical drugs制药的；配药的；卖药的
    • pharmaceutical products药物
    • the pharmaceutical industry制药业
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPharmaceutical is used with these nouns:
    • company
    • giant
    • industry
    • …
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek pharmakeutikos (from pharmakeutēs ‘druggist’, from pharmakon ‘drug’) + -al.

pharmaceutical

noun
🔊/ˌfɑːməˈsuːtɪkl/, 🔊/ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkl/
🔊/ˌfɑːrməˈsuːtɪkl/
 [usually plural] (specialist)
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  1. a medical drug药物
    • the development of new pharmaceuticals新药的开发
    • the pharmaceuticals industry制药业
    Topics Social issuesc1
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek pharmakeutikos (from pharmakeutēs ‘druggist’, from pharmakon ‘drug’) + -al.