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pharmaceutics

American  
[fahr-muh-soo-tiks] / ˌfɑr məˈsu tɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. pharmacy.


pharmaceutics British  
/ ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪks /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) another term for pharmacy

  2. (functioning as plural) pharmaceutical remedies

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Etymology

Origin of pharmaceutics

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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These advances could potentially be used to develop better pharmaceutics and medical treatments.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024

The realization of such a computer holds great potential for diverse industry fields such as logistics, finance, and pharmaceutics.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

“The earlier, the better,” Sam Lai, PhD, a professor of pharmacoengineering and molecular pharmaceutics at the University of North Carolina who also runs a start-up working on inhaled monoclonal antibodies, told me.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2021

Her mother is an associate professor of pharmaceutics at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2018

There is nothing in pharmaceutics that has not a direct origin from vegetable, animal, or mineral life.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Edwin Carlile Litsey

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