English Dictionary: pharmacy | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pharmacy \Phar"ma*cy\, n. [OE. fermacie, OF. farmacie, pharmacie, F. pharmacie, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to administer or use medicines, fr. [?] 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. 2. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop. |