'Pharmacy' definitions:

Definition of 'pharmacy'

From: WordNet
noun
The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, [syn: pharmacy, pharmaceutics]
noun
A retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold [syn: drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy]

Definition of 'Pharmacy'

From: GCIDE
  • Pharmacy \Phar"ma*cy\, n. [OE. fermacie, OF. farmacie, pharmacie, F. pharmacie, Gr. farmakei`a, fr. farmakey`ein to administer or use medicines, fr. fa`rmakon 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'pharmacy'

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Words containing 'Pharmacy'