Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals
   illicit narcotics
   Usually carried personally, as with aspirins or toothpaste:
    ... whom Caryn still saw, but only as a matter of form and pharmaceuticals. (M. Thomas, 1982 — she obtained her supply from him)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • pharmaceuticals — phar‧ma‧ceu‧ti‧cals [ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪklz ǁ ˌfɑːrməˈsuː ] noun [plural] 1. MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS drugs and medicines, and the industry that develops and makes them: • The company distributes pharmaceuticals and health and beauty products. •… …   Financial and business terms

  • pharmaceuticals — UK [ˌfɑː(r)məˈsjuːtɪk(ə)lz] US [ˌfɑrməˈsutɪk(ə)lz] noun [plural] medicines and drugs used for treating medical conditions Thesaurus: general words for medicineshyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pharmaceuticals in India — The first Indian pharmaceutical company, Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Works, which still exists today as one of 5 government owned drug manufacturers, appeared in Calcutta in 1930. For the next 60 years, most of the drugs in India were… …   Wikipedia

  • Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency — Die PMDA (jap. (独立行政法人)医薬品医療機器総合機構, (dokuritsu gyōsei hōjin) iyakuhin iryōkiki sōgō kikō; dt. „(Unabhängiges Verwaltungsorgan) Allgemeine Organisation für Pharmazeutika und medizinische Geräte“ engl. Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pharmaceuticals — phar|ma|ceu|ti|cals [ˌfa:məˈsju:tıkəlz US ˌfa:rməˈsu: ] n [plural] technical drugs and medicines …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pharmaceuticals — phar|ma|ceu|tic|als [ ,farmə sutıklz ] noun plural medicines and drugs used for treating medical conditions …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pharmaceuticals — phar·ma·ceu·ti·cal || ‚fÉ‘rmÉ™ suːtɪkl /‚fɑːmÉ™ sju n. medication or other preparation made by a pharmacist adj. pertaining to pharmacists; related to pharmacy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pharmaceuticals — noun (plural) drugs and medicines …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pharmaceuticals — UK [ˌfɑː(r)məˈsjuːtɪk(ə)lz] / US [ˌfɑrməˈsutɪk(ə)lz] noun [plural] medicines and drugs used for treating medical conditions …   English dictionary

  • Pharmaceuticals —   Subject to a series of directives on their testing, patenting, production, marketing and labelling …   Glossary of the European Union and European Communities

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