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phar·ma·cy
(fär′mə-sē)n. pl. phar·ma·cies
1. The art of preparing and dispensing medical drugs.
2. A place where medical drugs are prepared, dispensed, or sold. 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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pharmacy
(ˈfɑːməsɪ)n, pl -cies
1. (Pharmacology) 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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phar•ma•cy
(ˈfɑr mə si)n., pl. -cies.
1. drugstore.
2. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
[1645–55; earlier pharmacia < Medieval Latin < Greek pharmakeía druggist's work]
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pharmacy
1. the art of preparing drugs and medicines, especially the discovery of new varieties.
2. the place where drugs are prepared, dispensed, or sold. Also called apothecary.
3. a drug therapy. — pharmacist, n.
See also: Drugs2. the place where drugs are prepared, dispensed, or sold. Also called apothecary.
3. a drug therapy. — pharmacist, n.
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chemist's
– drugstore – pharmacy1. 'chemist's'
In Britain, a chemist's or chemist is a shop where you can buy medicine, cosmetics, and some household items.
She bought a couple of bottles of vitamin tablets at the chemist's.
He bought the perfume at the chemist in St James's Arcade.
2. 'drugstore'
In the United States, a shop where you can buy medicine and cosmetics is called a drugstore. In some drugstores, you can also buy simple meals and snacks.
3. 'pharmacy'
A pharmacy is the place within a chemist's or drugstore, or within a supermarket or other business, where you can get prescription drugs.
Check in the pharmacy section of the drugstore.
In Britain, a chemist's is often referred to as a pharmacy.
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pharmacy
drugstore
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| Noun | 1. |  pharmacy - the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
| 2. |  pharmacy - a retail shop where medicine and other articles are soldpharmacopoeia - a collection or stock of drugs |
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Translations
صَيْدَلَهصَيْدَلِيَّةصَيْدَلِيَّةٌفَرْمَشِيَّه، صَيْدَلِيَّه
lékárnafarmacie
apotekfarmaci
apoteko
apteekapteekerfarmaatsiafarmatseutproviisor
داروخانهداروسازداروسازیدکتر داروساز
apteekkifarmasia
ljekarna
gyógyszerészetgyógyszertárpatika
apótek, lyfjabúîlyfjabúðlyfjafræîi
薬局薬屋
약국조제
farmacijafarmacininkas
aptiekafarmācija
farmácia
lekarna
apotekaапотека
apotek
ร้านขายยาร้านขายยาหรือเครื่องสำอาง
eczaneeczacılık
cửa hàng dược phẩmnhà thuốc
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pharmacy
(ˈfaːməsi) – plural ˈpharmacies – noun1. the preparation of medicines. He is studying pharmacy.
2. a shop etc where medicines are sold or given out. the hospital pharmacy.
ˌpharmaˈceutical (-ˈsjuːtikəl) adjectiveˈpharmacist noun
(American ˈdruggist) a person who prepares and sells medicines; a chemist.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
pharmacy
→ صَيْدَلِيَّة, صَيْدَلِيَّةٌ lékárna apotek Apotheke φαρμακείο farmacia apteekki pharmacie ljekarna farmacia 薬局 약국, 조제 apotheek apotek apteka farmácia аптека apotek ร้านขายยา, ร้านขายยาหรือเครื่องสำอาง eczane cửa hàng dược phẩm, nhà thuốc 药房Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
phar·ma·cy
n. farmacia, botica.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
| Pharmacy |
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
pharmacy
n (pl -cies) farmacia, boticaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.