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Noun: pharmaceutics  ,faa(r)-mu'soo-tiks
  1. The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines
    "She studied pharmaceutics to become a compounding pharmacist";
    - pharmacy
Noun: pharmaceutic
  1. Drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
    "The pharmacist carefully prepared the pharmaceutic as prescribed";
    - pharmaceutical

Type of: med [informal], medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

Encyclopedia: Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutic