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pharmacy

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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.

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

pharmacy
Noun
1. the preparation and dispensing of drugs
2. pl -cies a dispensary [Greek pharmakon drug]

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pharmacypharmacy - 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.pharmacypharmacy - a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
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
pharmacy [ˈfɑːməsɪ] npharmacie f
pharmacy [ˈfɑːməsɪ] n (shop) → Apotheke f;
(science) → Pharmazie f
pharmacy [ˈfɑːməsɪ] nfarmacia

pharmacy
n pharmacy [ˈfaːməsi]
1 the preparation of medicines He is studying pharmacy.apteekصَيْدَلَهфармацияfarmaciefarmacidie Pharmazieφαρμακευτικήfarmaciafarmaatsiaداروسازیfarmasiapharmacieרוֹקחוּתफार्मेसीfarmacijagyógyszerészetfarmasilyfjafræðifarmacia薬学조제술farmacijafarmācijajurusan farmasifarmaciefarmasifarmacjafarmáciafarmacieфармацевтикаfarmáciafarmacijafarmacijafarmaci, apotekarkonstเภสัชกรรมeczacılık制藥,配藥фармацевтична справаدوا سازيngành dược
2 a shop etc where medicines are sold or given out the hospital pharmacy.apteekفَرْمَشِيَّه، صَيْدَلِيَّهаптекаlékárnaapotek; -apotekdie Apothekeφαρμακείοfarmaciaapteekداروخانهapteekkipharmacieבֵּית-מִרקָחָתऔषधशालाljekarnagyógyszertárapotekapótek, lyfjabúðfarmacia薬局약국vaistinėaptiekafarmasiapotheekapotekaptekafarmáciafarmacieаптекаlekáreňlekarnaapotekaapotekร้านขายยาeczane藥房аптекаدوا خانہhiệu thuốc
adj ˌpharmaˈceutical [-ˈsjuːtikəl]
farmaseutiesخاص بالصَّيْدَلَهфармацевтиченfarmaceutickýfarmaceutiskpharmazeutischφαρμακευτικόςfarmacéuticofarmatseutilineداروییfarmaseuttinenpharmaceutiqueפַּרמָצבטִיऔषधीय, भेषजीयfarmacijski,ljekarničkigyógyszerészetimenurut ilmu farmasilyffræðilegurfarmaceutico薬学の조제학의farmacijosfarmaceitisksfarmaseutikalfarmaceutischfarmasøytisk, legemiddel-, medisinalfarmaceutycznafarmacêuticofar­ma­ceuticфармацевтическийfarmaceutickýlekarniškifarmaceutskifarmaceutisk, apotekar-เกี่ยวกับเภสัชกรรมeczacılıkla ilgili藥學的фармацевтичнийدواسازي سے متعلقthuộc ngành dược
n ˈpharmacist
(American ˈdruggist) a person who prepares and sells medicines; a chemist. aptekerصَيْدَلي، صَيْدَلانيфармацевтlékárník, -iceapotekerder/die Apotheker(in)φαρμακοποιόςfarmacéuticofarmatseutدکتر داروسازfarmaseuttipharmacien/-enneרוֹקֵחऔषध विज्ञानीfarmacist,ljekarnikgyógyszerészapotekerapótekari, lyfsali, lyfjafræðingurfarmacista薬剤士약사farmacininkas, vaistininkasfarmaceitsahli farmasiapothekerfarmasøyt, apotekerfarmaceutafarmacêuticofar­macistаптекарь, фармацевтlekárnik, -čkalekarnarfarmaceutapotekare, farmaceutเภสัชกรeczacı藥劑師,藥商фармацевтدوا ساز و دوا فروشdược sĩ

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The Blue Light does not consider that pharmacy is a thing of bric-a- brac, scent and ice-cream soda.
You deny that eternal pharmacy of flowers and metals, which is called the world, made expressly for that eternal invalid called man
Archer, who never travelled without a complete family pharmacy, was fortunately able to produce the required remedy.
 
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