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pharmacological

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌfɑɹməkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or having to do with pharmacology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to pharmacology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pharmacologic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der. English pharmaco- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English pharmacology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English pharmacological From pharmacology + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: farmacolóxicu — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Belarusian: фармакалагі́чны (farmakalahíčny) — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Catalan: farmacològic — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Czech: farmakologický — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Danish: farmakologisk — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Dutch: farmacologisch — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Finnish: farmakologinen — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • French: pharmacologique — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Galician: farmacolóxico — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • German: pharmakologisch — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Hungarian: farmakológiai — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Hungarian: gyógyszertani — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Italian: farmacologico — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Latvian: farmakoloģisks — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: farmakologisk — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: farmakologisk — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Polish: farmakologiczny — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Portuguese: farmacológico — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Romanian: farmacologic — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Russian: фармакологи́ческий (farmakologíčeskij) — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Spanish: farmacológico — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Swedish: farmakologisk — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Turkish: farmakolojik — of or having to do with pharmacology
  • Ukrainian: фармакологі́чний (farmakolohíčnyj) — of or having to do with pharmacology
Real reading context

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