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mənoun, plural -cies.
1.
Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
2.
a drugstore.
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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
EXPAND where drugs are prepared and dispensed" is first recorded 1833. Pharmacist coined in Eng. 1834.
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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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