pharmaceutics

[ fahr-muh-soo-tiks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. pharmacy ( def 1 ).

pharmaceutics

/ ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular another term for pharmacy
2. functioning as plural pharmaceutical remedies

Word History and Origins

Origin of pharmaceutics¹

1535–45; < Late Latin pharmaceuticus < Greek pharmakeutikós, equivalent to pharmakeut ( ḗs ) druggist, originally poisoner (derivative of phármakon; pharmaco- ) + -ikos -ic; -ics