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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,;
[syn: pharmacy, pharmaceutics]

2. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold;
[syn: drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pharmacy \Phar"ma*cy\, n. [OE. fermacie, OF. farmacie, pharmacie, F. pharmacie, Gr. farmakei`a, fr. farmakey`ein to administer or use medicines, fr. fa`rmakon medicine.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pharmacy n 1: the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, [syn: pharmacy, pharmaceutics] 2: a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold [syn: drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy]