pharmaceutical

noun

Definition of pharmaceuticalnext
as in drug
a substance or preparation used to treat disease some pharmaceuticals can be quite risky unless taken correctly

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Recent Examples of pharmaceutical The distribution of specialty pharmaceuticals — think treatments for cancer, as well as urological, kidney and autoimmune diseases — is one of the more important growth stories for this segment. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026 The new technology, which was developed by British pharmaceutical company Stablepharma, uses a sugar called trehalose to turn vaccines into a powder that can be stored at room temperature, and later mixed with water before injection. — Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The governor also signed a bill into law Friday requiring the Illinois Department of Insurance to study how healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies participate in the 340B program. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026 The reactions permanently convert the gas into high-purity calcite, which is a mineral widely used in construction, agriculture, and pharmaceuticals. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pharmaceutical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmaceutical
  1. drug
  2. medication
  3. medicine
  4. remedy
  5. cure
Noun
  • Moderna's mRNA vaccine — used in combination with Merck's cancer immunotherapy drug Keytruda — is built from a patient's own tumor, which has its own genetic sequence, so each dose is personalized.
    — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The duration of Kyrgios’ ban will depend in part on whether he is found to have deliberately taken the drug, and in part on whether the incident happened before the tournament started.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of drug
Noun
  • For now, Neda, a 34-year-old Tehran resident struggling with kidney disease and needing medication, is holding her breath as she is once again forced to buy only half of her monthly dose.
    — Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Clancy then ingested prescription medication, slashed her wrists and neck with a knife, and apparently threw herself head first out of a second-story window, resulting in permanent paralysis from the sternum down.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of medication
Noun
  • My father had left academic medicine to open a solo surgical practice, and billing meant someone had to sit in front of a typewriter and create claims one by one.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Still, charismatic leaders who have pushed for dollarization have failed to date, suggesting that the patient may not want the money doctor’s medicine.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of medicine
Noun
  • Additionally, the city could only pursue the court-order remedy after allowing the team 180 days to address the breach.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the sometimes contentious exchanges, Attorney Dave Westland, representing the developer, said that his client is agreeable to all of the remedies proposed by the town.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of remedy
Noun
  • There is no cure, and the life expectancy from the time of diagnosis is three to five years.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Sometimes the cure for writer’s block is just having something to react to, and ChatGPT is always there to provide fodder.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cure

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“Pharmaceutical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmaceutical. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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