单词 | pharmaceutical |
释义 | pharmaceutical (once / 1969 pages) adjn A pharmaceutical is any kind of drug used for medicinal purposes, like cough syrup or sleeping pills. You may have heard of a pharmacy, which is a place where you can buy medicinal drugs, or a pharmacist, which is a person who prepares those drugs. In general, a pharmaceutical is anything related to pharmacies or pharmacists, though it especially refers to the kinds of medicines that they sell. Pharmaceuticals are often contrasted with what are called recreational drugs, which are the illegal kind that are generally used for entertainment purposes rather than to help heal the body. WORD FAMILYpharmaceutical: pharmaceuticals+/pharmaceutic: pharmaceutically, pharmaceutics/pharmacist: pharmacists/pharmacy: pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, pharmacies, pharmacist USAGE EXAMPLES“A lot of our patients get relief with this, and a lot of times this works better than pharmaceutical drugs.” Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Pharmaceutical companies want genetic information to concoct powerful new drugs. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) There are also several agents dedicated to working pharmaceutical diversion cases in which people are doctor shopping or prescriptions are being forged. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) 1adj of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists the pharmaceutical industry Syn pharmaceutic 2adj of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment 3n drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment Syn|Hypo|Hyper pharmaceutic radiopharmaceutical pharmaceutical consisting of a radioactive compound used in radiation therapy clot buster, thrombolytic, thrombolytic agenta kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle Activase, tissue plasminogen activatora thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot; used in treating acute myocardial infarction medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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