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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 preparations.

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  1. a. 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 preparations.
  2. adj. of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
  3. adj. of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment
  4. n. drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
  5. 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 preparations. -- Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly, adv. Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.
  6. j:79/n:21 n. drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment a. of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists a. of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment