pharmacy

Noun
Synonyms: pharmaceuticsdrugstoreapothecary's shopchemist'schemist's shop

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,Synonyms: pharmaceutics
  2. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are soldSynonyms: drugstoreapothecary's shopchemist'schemist's shop
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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