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pharmaceutical - 6 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | pharmaceutical |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drug |
| Synonyms: | cure, depressant, dope*, essence, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicine, narcotic, opiate, physic, pill, poison, potion, prescription, remedy, sedative, stimulant, tonic, biologic, pharmaceutic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medication |
| Synonyms: | cure, depressant, dope, essence, medicinal, medicine, narcotic, opiate, pill, poison, potion, prescription, remedy, sedative, stimulant, tonic, biologic, medicament, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, physic |
| Main Entry: | medicine/medication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substance that helps cure, alleviate, or prevent illness |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, ointment, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, biologic, medicament, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, vaccine |
| Main Entry: | remedy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cure, solution |
| Synonyms: | antidote, assistance, corrective, counteractive, cure-all*, drug, elixir, fix, improvement, medicine, panacea, pill, quick fix*, redress, relief, restorative, support, therapy, treatment, biologic, counteractant, counteraction, counteragent, countermeasure, counterstep, medicament, medicant, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic |
| Antonyms: | disease, injury, pain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | medicine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cure |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, ointment, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, biologic, medicament, medication, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, vaccine |
| Main Entry: | medical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healing |
| Synonyms: | cathartic, curative, medicinal, narcotic, preventive, prophylactic, restorative, salutary, sedative, therapeutic, tonic, alleviating, disinfectant, medicating, pathological, peptic, pharmaceutical |
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