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phar⋅ma⋅cy
[fahr-muh-see] 
mə
–noun, plural -cies.
| 1. | Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines. |
| 2. | a drugstore. |
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| phar·ma·cy (fär'mə-sē) n. pl. phar·ma·cies
[Middle English farmacie, a purgative, from Old French, from Medieval Latin pharmacīa, a medicine, from Greek pharmakeia, use of drugs, from pharmakon, drug.] |
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Pharmacy
Phar"ma*cy\, n. [OE. fermacie, OF. farmacie, pharmacie, F. pharmacie, Gr. ?, fr. ? to administer or use medicines, fr. ? 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. 2. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.
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Language Translation for : Pharmacy
Spanish:
farmacia,
German:
die Pharmazie,
Japanese:
薬学
pharmacy
c.1386, "a medicine," from O.Fr. farmacie, from M.L. pharmacia, from Gk. pharmakeia "use of drugs or medicines," from pharmakeus "preparer of drugs," from pharmakon "drug, poison, philter, charm, spell, enchantment." Meaning "use or administration of drugs" is attested from c.1400; that of "place where drugs are prepared and dispensed" is first recorded 1833. Pharmacist coined in Eng. 1834.
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Main Entry: phar·ma·cy
Pronunciation: 'fär-m&-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
1 : the art,practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs
2 a : a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed pharmacy> b : DRUGSTORE
3 :
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pharmacy phar·ma·cy (fär'mə-sē)
n.
- The art of preparing and dispensing drugs.
- A place where drugs are sold; a drugstore. Also called apothecary.
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