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a⋅poth⋅e⋅car⋅y
[uh-poth-uh-ker-ee] 
əˌkɛr
–noun, plural -car⋅ies.
| 1. | a druggist; a pharmacist. |
| 2. | a pharmacy or drugstore. |
| 3. | (esp. in England and Ireland) a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine. |
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| a·poth·e·car·y (ə-pŏth'ĭ-kěr'ē) n. pl. a·poth·e·car·ies
[Middle English apotecarie, from Old French apotecaire and from Medieval Latin apothēcārius, both from Late Latin, clerk, from Latin apothēca, storehouse, from Greek apothēkē : apo-, away; see apo- + thēkē, receptacle; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.] |
| 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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Apothecary
A*poth"e*ca*ry\, n.; pl. Apothecaries. [OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. ? to put away; ? from + ? to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See Thesis.] One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners -- a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist. Apothecaries' weight, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See Troy weight.
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apothecary
1366, "shopkeeper," from O.Fr. apotecaire (13c.), from L.L. apothecarius "storekeeper," from L. apotheca "storehouse," from Gk. apotheke "storehouse," lit. "a place where things are put away," from apo- "away" (see apo-) + tithenai "to put," from PIE base *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious). Cognate compounds produced Skt. apadha- "concealment," O.Pers. apadana- "palace." Drugs and herbs being among the chief items of non-perishable goods, the meaning narrowed 17c. to "druggist" (Apothecaries' Company of London separated from the Grocers' in 1617). Same root produced Fr. boutique and Sp. bodega.
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Main Entry: apoth·e·cary
Pronunciation: &-'päth-&-"ker-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -car·ies
1 : a person who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes : DRUGGIST,PHARMACIST
2 : PHARMACY 2a
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apothecary a·poth·e·car·y (ə-pŏth'ĭ-kěr'ē)
n. pl. a·poth·e·car·ies
Abbr. ap.
- One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines; a pharmacist.
- See pharmacy.
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Apothecary
rendered in the margin and the Revised Version "perfumer," in Ex. 30:25; 37:29; Eccl. 10:1. The holy oils and ointments were prepared by priests properly qualified for this office. The feminine plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered "confectionaries" in 1 Sam. 8:13.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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