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phar⋅ma⋅cy

[fahr-muh-see]
–noun, plural -cies.
1. Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
2. a drugstore.

Origin:
1645–55; earlier pharmacia < ML < Gk pharmakeía druggist's work. See pharmaco-, -y 3
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phar·ma·cy   (fär'mə-sē)   
n.   pl. phar·ma·cies
  1. The art of preparing and dispensing drugs.

  2. A place where drugs are sold; a drugstore. Also called apothecary.


[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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Word Origin & History

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 : PHARMACOPOEIA 2
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pharmacy phar·ma·cy (fär'mə-sē)
n.

  1. The art of preparing and dispensing drugs.

  2. A place where drugs are sold; a drugstore. Also called apothecary.

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