D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pharmaceutic

/(fär`mȧ*sū"tĭk)/ · Phar·ma·ceu·tic · IPA
01 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; …
  1. 1.
    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.
Phrases & compounds
Pharmaceutical chemistry — that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.