{ Phar′ma‐ceu″tic (fär′mȧ‐sū″tĭk), Phar′ma‐ceu″tic‐al (–tĭ‐kal), } a. [L. pharmaceuticus, Gr. φαρμακευτικόσ, fr. φαρμακεύειν: cf. F. pharmaceutique. See Pharmacy.] Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations. — Phar′ma‐ceu″tic‐al‐ly, adv.
Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.