phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal
adjective/ˌfɑːməˈsuːtɪkl/, /ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkl/
/ˌfɑːrməˈsuːtɪkl/
[only before noun]- connected with making and selling medical drugs
制药的；医药产业的 - pharmaceutical products
药物 - the pharmaceutical industry
制药业
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPharmaceutical is used with these nouns:- company
- giant
- industry
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek pharmakeutikos (from pharmakeutēs ‘druggist’, from pharmakon ‘drug’) + -al. - pharmaceutical products