pharmacy
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mə noun, plural phar·ma·cies.
1.
Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
2.
a drugstore.
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| —n , pl -cies | |
| 1. | Also called: pharmaceutics the practice or art of preparing and dispensing drugs |
| 2. | a dispensary |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Greek pharmakeia making of drugs, from pharmakon drug] | |
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Word Origin & History
pharmacy
late 14c., "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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Medical Dictionary
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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Example sentences
They went through so many drugs that the crash cart was emptied out and runners came and went from pharmacy bringing extras.
Its more of a rush to the pharmacy, followed by particularly unmedicinal effects.
Other barriers include excess paper work and phone calls to send results to patients and prescriptions to the pharmacy.
Seconds later, the printer in the hospital pharmacy spits out the order.
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