Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudopharmaceutical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-dophar-ma-ceu-ti-cal
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Apparently, but not actually, pharmaceutical.

noun

Any substance that only appears to, or is claimed to, have pharmaceutical effects.

Etymology

From pseudo- + pharmaceutical.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pseudo

Inflected Forms

pseudopharmaceuticals (plural)

Questions

What does pseudopharmaceutical mean?: Apparently, but not actually, pharmaceutical.
Where does pseudopharmaceutical come from?: From pseudo- + pharmaceutical.

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