pharmacy

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Wikipedia

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French farmacie (modern French pharmacie), from Mediaeval Latin pharmacia, from Greek φάρμακεία (pharmakeia), “‘the use of drugs’”), and φάρμακον (pharmakon), “‘a drug, charm, enchantment’”), via Mediaeval Latin pharmacia. Ultimately from Ancient Greek φαρμακίς (pharmakis), “‘witch’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

pharmacy (plural pharmacies)

1. A place where prescription drugs are dispensed, a dispensary.
2. The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.
3. The occupation of a pharmacist.

[edit] Related terms

• pharmacist
• pharmacology

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• chemist
• apothecary