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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; pharmaco- ) + -ikos -ic; -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 center’s officer for emerging and disruptive technologies, Edward You, noted the investment of Chinese companies in U.S. and European biotechnology and pharmaceutics.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021

“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

It is said to have been because of the study of Basil Valentine's work that Paracelsus broke away from the Galenic traditions, so supreme in medicine up to his time, and began our modern pharmaceutics.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph