drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
Adjective:
of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists;"the pharmaceutical industry"
of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment
中英词源
pharmaceutical 制药的
来自pharmacy,制药，-eut,-ical,形容词后缀。
pharmaceutical (adj.)
1640s (pharmaceutic in the same sense is from 1540s), from Late Latin pharmaceuticus "of drugs," from Greek pharmakeutikos, from pharmakeus "preparer of drugs, poisoner" (see pharmacy). Related: Pharmaceuticals; pharmaceutically.
词态变化
复数 pharmaceuticals;
权威造句
1. They identified six plants as having potential for development into pharmaceutical drugs.
他们验明6种植物有可能提炼出药物麻醉剂。
来自柯林斯例句
2. an unholy alliance between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry
医疗界与医药业的不当联盟
来自《权威词典》
3. She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.
她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.
我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. She"s a research biologist for a pharmaceutical company.
