pharmacy

[ fahr-muh-see ]
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noun,plural phar·ma·cies.
  1. Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.

  2. a drugstore.

Origin of pharmacy

1
1645–55; earlier pharmacia<Medieval Latin <Greek pharmakeía druggist's work. See pharmaco-, -y3

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pharmacy

/ (ˈfɑːməsɪ) /


nounplural -cies
  1. Also called: pharmaceutics the practice or art of preparing and dispensing drugs

  2. a dispensary

Origin of pharmacy

1
C14: from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Greek pharmakeia making of drugs, from pharmakon drug

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