PHARMACIES

Noun

pharmacies

plural of pharmacy

Source: Wiktionary


PHARMACY

Phar"ma*cy, n. Etym: [OE. fermacie, OF. farmacie, pharmacie, F. pharmacie, Gr.

1. The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist.

2. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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