• (a.) 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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pharmaceutical/
substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease and for restoring, correcting, or modifying organic functions. ( pharmaceutical ... [32 related articles] Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/54
pharmaceutical 1. Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists. 2. A pharmaceutical product or preparation. 3. Relating to, or engaged in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1630/2