apothecary

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Etymology[edit]

From Old French apotecaire, from Medieval Latin apothecarius (storekeeper), from apotheca (shop, store), earlier Latin apotheca (repository, storehouse, warehouse), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothēkē, a repository, storehouse), from ἀποτίθημι (apotithēmi, to put away), from ἀπό (apo, away) (English apo-, PIE cognate to of) + τίθημι (tithēmi, to put) (PIE cognate of English do).

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  • (UK) IPA: /əˈpɒθəkəɹi/
  • (US) IPA: /əˈpɑθəˌkɛəɻi/
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Noun[edit]

apothecary (plural apothecaries)

  1. (now historical) A person who makes and provides/sells drugs and/or medicines.
  2. (nonstandard, now historical) A drugstore or pharmacy.
    • 1919, S.A., “Pharmacy in Russia”, in Soviet Russia, volume 1, number 27, page 6:
      The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum.
    • 1998, Karen Holliday Tanner, Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, University of Oklahoma Press (2001), ISBN 978-0-8061-3320-1, pages 205–206:
      He was befriended by a local druggist, Jay Miller, who worked at the apothecary at the corner of Sixth and Harrison Street.
    • 2001, Audrey Horning, “Archeology and the Science of Discovery”, in Barbara Heath et al., Jamestown Archeological Assessment, U.S. National Parks Service, page 31:
      Seeds found in a 1630s refuse-filled clay borrow pit, located near an apothecary, illustrate colonists [sic] intense interest in experimenting with the medicinal qualities of New World plants.

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