{ } a. [ L. pharmaceuticus, Gr. farmakeytiko`s, fr. farmakey`ein: 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. [1913 Webster]

Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances. [1913 Webster]

n. The science of preparing medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmacist; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist; an apothecary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon medicine + E. dynamics. ] That branch of pharmacology which treats of the action and the effects of medicines in the body, and also their distribution in various bodily tissues over time, and their breakdown and excretion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + gnw^sis a knowing. ] That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- usually called pharmacognosy, and also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Pharmacognosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The study of the distribution of, methods for finding, and properties of medically useful agents in natural sources, especially plants. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + -graphy. ] See Pharmacognosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon drug, poisonous drug + -lite: cf. F. pharmacolithe. ] (Min.) A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pharmacologiste. ] One skilled in pharmacology. [ 1913 Webster ]