pharma- en · X
Etymology
Back-formation from pharmaceutical.
Meanings
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(morpheme) Pertaining to pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, or the pharmaceutical industry.
Although I was not surprised by the pervasiveness of pharmaceutical company advertising or the pharma-sponsored components of the health education events I attended over the years, they were impossible to ignore.
2018 January 2, Samantha D. Gottlieb, “9. The “Tragically Underused” Vaccine”, in Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine. Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 137: