pharmaceutics

[ fahr-muh-soo-tiks ]

noun(used with a singular verb)

Origin of pharmaceutics

1
1535–45; <Late Latin pharmaceuticus<Greek pharmakeutikós, equivalent to pharmakeut(ḗs) druggist, originally poisoner (derivative of phármakon;see pharmaco-) + -ikos-ic; see -ics

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British Dictionary definitions for pharmaceutics

pharmaceutics

/ (ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪks) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) another term for pharmacy (def. 1)

  2. (functioning as plural) pharmaceutical remedies

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