pharman.

Brit.

/ˈfɑːmə/, U.S.

/ˈfɑrmə/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: pharmaceutical adj.

Etymology: < pharma- (in e.g. pharmaceutical adj., pharmaceutical n.), perhaps after similar use in German and French; compare German Pharma (1932 or earlier in a journal title, 1966 or earlier in a compound noun), French pharma (1953 or earlier in a journal title).

1. Pharmaceuticals as a business activity or sector of industry.

ΚΠ

1979 Business Week 23 July 111/2 (table) Industry... Chemicals, pharma.

1983 Financial Times (Nexis) 28 Mar. i. 12 Pharma and agchem were going to eat up more cash than they could generate.

1992 Playboy July 150 Piracetam: A popular nootropic (pharma-talk for drugs that improve learning and memory skills).

2001 Times 1 Nov. 4/1 One of the reasons why most of the big players of pharma are not interested in head lice is that the bottom line is so microscopic.

2. A pharmaceutical company. Cf. big pharma n. at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1992 Chem. Week (Internat. ed.) 1 Feb. 12 (title) Rhone-Poulenc buoyed by pharmas.

1995 Science 15 Dec. (Advt. Suppl.) 1866 For the huge pharmas, such focusing [on their strongest products and technologies] is both a huge gamble and their best chance for continued success.

2000 New Scientist 1 July 93 (advt.) Your minimum of eight years' pharmaceutical project management experience, ideally including a major pharma, will cover all aspects of the project life.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pharma
释义	pharman. Brit. /ˈfɑːmə/, U.S. /ˈfɑrmə/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: pharmaceutical adj. Etymology: < pharma- (in e.g. pharmaceutical adj., pharmaceutical n.), perhaps after similar use in German and French; compare German Pharma (1932 or earlier in a journal title, 1966 or earlier in a compound noun), French pharma (1953 or earlier in a journal title). 1. Pharmaceuticals as a business activity or sector of industry. ΚΠ 1979 Business Week 23 July 111/2 (table) Industry... Chemicals, pharma. 1983 Financial Times (Nexis) 28 Mar. i. 12 Pharma and agchem were going to eat up more cash than they could generate. 1992 Playboy July 150 Piracetam: A popular nootropic (pharma-talk for drugs that improve learning and memory skills). 2001 Times 1 Nov. 4/1 One of the reasons why most of the big players of pharma are not interested in head lice is that the bottom line is so microscopic. 2. A pharmaceutical company. Cf. big pharma n. at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1992 Chem. Week (Internat. ed.) 1 Feb. 12 (title) Rhone-Poulenc buoyed by pharmas. 1995 Science 15 Dec. (Advt. Suppl.) 1866 For the huge pharmas, such focusing [on their strongest products and technologies] is both a huge gamble and their best chance for continued success. 2000 New Scientist 1 July 93 (advt.) Your minimum of eight years' pharmaceutical project management experience, ideally including a major pharma, will cover all aspects of the project life. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1979
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