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Pharmaceutical vs Pharming - What's the difference?

pharmaceutical | pharming |

As nouns the difference between pharmaceutical and pharming

is that pharmaceutical is (medicine) a pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug while pharming is the use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product or pharming can be (computing) the redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive.

As an adjective pharmaceutical

is (medicine) of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

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

    pharming

    English

    Etymology 1

    from pharmaceutical + farming

    Noun

    (-)
  • The use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product
    • Synonyms
    * biofarming, biopharming

    Etymology 2

    By extension, from phishing

    Noun

    (wikipedia pharming) (-)
  • (computing) The redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive