fármaco

drug

noun FAHR-mah-koh Rare

Origin: From Greek pharmakon (drug, poison, remedy).

Also means

medication

Usage Note

Fármaco is the clinical or pharmacological term for a medicinal drug or pharmaceutical compound, preferred in medical and academic writing over medicamento (the everyday word) or droga (which in Spain primarily means illicit drugs). The stress falls on the first syllable — a proparoxytone — so learners must not shift it.

Examples

"El médico recetó un nuevo fármaco."

Natural Translation

The doctor prescribed a new drug.

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