pharmacy (redirected from pharmacies)

phar·ma·cy  (färm-s)

n. pl. phar·ma·cies

1. The art of preparing and dispensing drugs.

2. A place where drugs are sold; a drugstore. Also called apothecary.

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[Middle English farmacie, a purgative, from Old French, from Medieval Latin pharmaca, a medicine, from Greek pharmakeia, use of drugs, from pharmakon, drug.]

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pharmacy

Noun

1. the preparation and dispensing of drugs

2. pl -cies a dispensary [Greek pharmakon drug]

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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: Drugs

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pharmacy - the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, pharmaceutics medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
	2.	pharmacy - a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore pharmacopoeia - a collection or stock of drugs shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

Translations

pharmacy [ˈfɑːməsɪ] n (US) → farmacia

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pharmacy [ˈfɑːməsɪ] n → pharmacie f

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pharmacy [ˈfɑːməsɪ] n (shop) → Apotheke f;

(science) → Pharmazie f

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pharmacy [ˈfɑːməsɪ] n → farmacia