PHARMACY

drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy

(noun) a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold

pharmacy, pharmaceutics

(noun) the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pharmacy (countable and uncountable, plural pharmacies)

(countable) A place where prescription drugs are dispensed; a dispensary.

(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.

(uncountable) The occupation of a pharmacist.

Source: Wiktionary


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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