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pharmaceutics en · NOUN

Etymology

From pharmaceutic + -s; see -ics.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The art and science of dispensing medical drugs.
  2. (plural, plural-only, uncountable) medicines, drugs, or other pharmaceutical compounds.
    • ‘One day, I expect pharmaceutics will offer a cure for even the severest mental illnesses.’ 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 631:

Deriveds

biopharmaceutics