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Pharmaceutical vs Nutriceutical - What's the difference?

pharmaceutical | nutriceutical |

As adjectives the difference between pharmaceutical and nutriceutical

is that pharmaceutical is (medicine) of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists while nutriceutical is both nutritionally and pharmaceutically beneficial.

As nouns the difference between pharmaceutical and nutriceutical

is that pharmaceutical is (medicine) a pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug while nutriceutical is a nutritious pharmaceutical.

pharmaceutical

English

(wikipedia pharmaceutical)

Adjective

(-)
  • (medicine) Of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

    • Derived terms

    * pharmaceutical chemistry * pharmaceutical industry * pharmaceutical sciences

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    nutriceutical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Both nutritionally and pharmaceutically beneficial.
  • :The C-- Team, along with consulting pharmacists and nutriceutical formulators, have developed, through a series of trials with actual medicinal marijuana patients, a way for anyone, anywhere, to make their own THC capsules.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A nutritious pharmaceutical