🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

药物

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yàowù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
pharmaceutical/ˌfɑːrməˈsuːtɪkəl/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这家公司生产各种药品。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A compound manufactured for use as a medicinal drug.

    "The company specializes in developing innovative pharmaceuticals."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the production and sale of pharmaceuticals.

    "She works in the pharmaceutical industry."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 17th century: via New Latin from Greek pharmakeutikos, from pharmakeuein 'administer medicines', from pharmakon 'drug'.

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