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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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Example Sentences

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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

Indeed, the work of these three men dominated medicine, or at least the department of pharmaceutics, down almost to our own day, and their influence is still felt in drug-giving.

From Catholic Churchmen in Science by Walsh, James J.

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