pharmaceutical

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pharma·ceut·ical [pharmaceutical pharmaceuticals] adjective, noun BrE [ˌfɑːməˈsuːtɪkl] BrE [ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkl] NAmE [ˌfɑːrməˈsuːtɪkl]
adjective only before noun
connected with making and selling drugs and medicines
•pharmaceutical products
•the pharmaceutical industry

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek pharmakeutikos (from pharmakeutēs ‘druggist’, from pharmakon ‘drug’) + ↑-al.
 
noun usually plural (technical)
a drug or medicine
•the development of new pharmaceuticals
•the pharmaceuticals industry

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek pharmakeutikos (from pharmakeutēs ‘druggist’, from pharmakon ‘drug’) + ↑-al.