Category:Pharmaceutic

Phar`ma*ceu"tic, phar`ma*ceu"tic*al, a. Etym: [l. pharmaceuticus, gr. Pharmaceutique. See pharmacy.]

Defn: of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the Art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of Pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations. -- phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly, adv. Pharmaceutical chemistry, that Department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition Of medicinal substances.