pharmaceutic

noun

drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment

adjective

of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists

Roots

pharmakeutespharmaceut- · Greek · druggist, preparer of drugs ikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to

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The word pharmaceutic breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: pharmaceut, from Greek pharmakeutes (“druggist, preparer of drugs”); and -ic, from Greek ikos (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.