Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

farmaceutical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: far-ma-ceu-ti-cal
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medically valuable compound produced from modified agricultural crops or animals (usually through biotechnology).

adj

Of or pertaining to farmaceuticals.

Example Sentences

"Of course industry assures us that biotech's "farmaceuticals" would never be allowed to grow in proximity to related plants and wild relatives, and that measures will be taken to mitigate the spread of transgenes from pharma crops and biofortified plants."

Etymology

Blend of farm + pharmaceutical.

Inflected Forms

farmaceuticals (plural)

Questions

What does farmaceutical mean?: A medically valuable compound produced from modified agricultural crops or animals (usually through biotechnology).
Where does farmaceutical come from?: Blend of farm + pharmaceutical.

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