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Where does “radiopharmaceutically” come from?

radiopharmaceutically (English) comes from English radiopharmaceutical, from English pharmaceutical, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل.

radiopharmaceutically (English): In terms of or by means of radiopharmaceuticals

Definitions

  1. In terms of or by means of radiopharmaceuticals

Ancestry of “radiopharmaceutically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishradiopharmaceuticalAny radioactive substance used as a...
2EnglishpharmaceuticalOf, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; A...
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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