farmaceutico
pharmaceutical; pharmacological
adjective far-mah-CHEH-oo-tee-koh Less Common
Usage Note
Farmaceutico agrees in gender and number: farmaceutico (m sg), farmaceutica (f sg), farmaceutici (m pl), farmaceutiche (f pl). It describes things relating to medicines (industria farmaceutica = pharmaceutical industry). Do not confuse with farmacista (pharmacist) or farmacia (pharmacy).
Examples
"L'industria farmaceutica ha sviluppato un nuovo vaccino."
Natural Translation
The pharmaceutical industry has developed a new vaccine.
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