pharma

[ fahr-muh ]
/ ˈfɑr mə /

noun

a pharmaceutical company.
Also called big pharma. pharmaceutical companies, considered collectively: Pharma is expanding into China, hoping to replace local remedies with manufactured drugs.

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Origin of pharma

First recorded in 1990-95; short for pharmaceutical

Words nearby pharma

pharisees, pharm., pharm.b., pharm.d., pharm.m., pharma, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutics, pharmacist, pharmaco-, pharmacodiagnosis
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British Dictionary definitions for pharma

pharma
/ (ˈfɑːmə) /

noun

pharmaceutical companies when considered together as an industry
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