pharmacy

English

Etymology

From Middle English pharmacy, borrowed from Middle French pharmacie, from Old French farmacie, from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment”), of uncertain but likely origin.

Attested since late 14th century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fär'məsē IPA^(key): /ˈfɑɹməsi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːməsi/

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Noun

pharmacy (countable and uncountable, plural pharmacies)

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

Derived terms

• megapharmacy

Related terms

• pharmacist
• pharmacology

Translations

a place where prescription drugs are dispensed

• Albanian: barnatore (sq) f
• Apache:

  Western Apache: izeeʼ idiihyee

• Arabic: صَيْدَلِيَّة f (ṣaydaliyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: اجزخانه f (agzaḵāna), صيدلية f (ṣaydaliyya)

  Hijazi Arabic: صيدلية f (ṣaydaliyya)

  Moroccan Arabic: فارمسيان m (fārmasyān), صيدلية f (ṣaydaliyya)

• Armenian: դեղատուն (hy) (deġatun)
• Assamese: ফাৰ্মাছী (pharmasi)
• Asturian: botica f, farmacia f
• Azerbaijani: aptek (az)
• Bashkir: дарыухана (darıwxana)
• Basque: farmazia sg, botika sg
• Belarusian: аптэ́ка f (aptéka)
• Bengali: ফার্মেসি (bn) (pharmeśi)
• Bulgarian: апте́ка (bg) f (aptéka), дроге́рия f (drogérija)
• Burmese: ဆေးဆိုင် (my) (hce:hcuing)
• Catalan: farmàcia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藥店／药店 (zh) (yàodiàn), 药店 (zh) (yàodiàn), 藥房／药房 (zh) (yàofáng), 药房 (zh) (yàofáng), 藥局／药局 (zh) (yàojú), 药局 (zh) (yàojú)

• Chukchi: маԓявэчгыран (maḷjavėčgyran)
• Classical Nahuatl: pahcalli
• Czech: lékárna (cs) f
• Danish: apotek (da) n
• Dutch: apotheek (nl) f
• Esperanto: apoteko (eo)
• Estonian: apteek (et), rohupood
• Farefare: tɩɩm koosgo deo
• Faroese: apotek n
• Finnish: apteekki (fi)
• French: pharmacie (fr) f, officine (fr) f
• Fula:

  Latin: farmasii

  Adlam: 𞤬𞤢𞤪𞤥𞤢𞤧𞤭𞥅

• Galician: farmacia (gl) f, botica f
• Georgian: აფთიაქი (aptiaki)
• German: Apotheke (de) f, Drogerie (de) f

  Alemannic German: Abodég f

• Greek: φαρμακείο (el) n (farmakeío)
• Greenlandic: nakorsaataarniarfik
• Haitian Creole: fanmasi
• Hebrew: בֵּית מִרְקַחַת (he) m (beyt mirkakhat)
• Hindi: दवाख़ाना m (davāxānā), फ़ार्मेसी f (fārmesī)
• Hungarian: gyógyszertár (hu), patika (hu)
• Icelandic: apótek (is) n, lyfjabúð (is) f
• Indonesian: apotek (id)
• Irish: cógaslann f, siopa poitigéara m
• Italian: farmacia (it) f
• Japanese: 薬局 (ja) (やっきょく, yakkyoku), 薬屋 (くすりや, kusuriya)
• Kalmyk: эмин саң (emin sañ)
• Kazakh: дәріхана (kk) (därıxana)
• Khmer: ឱសថស្ថាន (ʼaosaʼthaʼsthaan), ផ្ទះលក់ថ្នាំ (phtĕəh lŭək thnam), ហាងលក់ថ្នាំ (haang lŭək thnam), ហ្វាម៉ាស៊ី (faamaasii), ភេសជ្ជាគារ (pheisacciəkiə)
• Korean: 약국(藥局) (ko) (yakguk)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دەرمانخانە (ckb) (dermanxane), ئەجزاخانە (ckb) (eczaxane)

  Northern Kurdish: dermanxane (ku), eczaxane (ku), îlacxane (ku)

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• Kyrgyz: аптека (ky) (apteka), дарыкана (ky) (darıkana)
• Lao: ຮ້ານຂາຍຢາ (hān khāi yā), ຮ້ານຂາຽຢາ (hān khāi yā)
• Latvian: aptieka f
• Lithuanian: vaistinė (lt) f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: apoteek f, apotheek (nds) f

  German Low German: Aptheek (nds) f, Aftheek (nds) f, Apteek (nds) f

• Luxembourgish: Apdikt (lb) f
• Macedonian: апте́ка f (aptéka)
• Malay: farmasi (ms), kedai ubat, rumah ubat, apotek
• Malayalam: ഔഷധാലയം (ml) (auṣadhālayaṁ)
• Maltese: spiżerija
• Maori: whare rongoā
• Mongolian:

  эмийн сан (emiin san) ᠡᠮ ᠦᠨ
  ᠰᠠᠩ (em-ün sang)

  эмийн дэлгүүр (emiin delgüür) ᠡᠮ ᠦᠨ
  ᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡᠭᠦᠷ (em-ün delgegür) (Inner Mongolia)

• Moore: tɩɩm koosg roogo
• Norman: apotiqu'sie f
• Norwegian: apotek (no) n
• Occitan: farmacia (oc) f
• Ojibwe: mashkikii-adaawewigamig
• Oromo: mana qorichaa
• Pashto: دواخانه (ps) f (dawāxāná), درملتون (ps) m (darmaltún), دوافروش m (dawāfaróš)
• Persian: داروخانه (fa) (dâru-xâne)
• Polish: apteka (pl) f
• Portuguese: farmácia (pt) f, drogaria (pt) f
• Quechua: jampiy ranqhana wasi
• Romanian: farmacie (ro) f
• Russian: апте́ка (ru) f (aptéka)
• Scottish Gaelic: bùth-cungaidheir m, bùth-chungaidhean m, bùth-cheimigeir m
• Serbo-Croatian: ljekarna (sh) f (Croatia)

  Cyrillic: апотека f

  Roman: apoteka (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ඔසුහල (osuhala)
• Slovak: lekáreň f
• Slovene: lekarna (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: aptejka f, drogerija f

• Spanish: farmacia (es) f, botica (es) f, droguería (es)
• Swedish: apotek (sv)
• Tajik: дорухона (doruxona)
• Tamil: மருந்தகம் (ta) (maruntakam), மருந்துக்கடை (ta) (maruntukkaṭai)
• Tatar: даруханә (daruxanä)
• Thai: ร้านขายยา (ráan-kǎai-yaa)
• Tibetan: སྨན་ཚོང་ཁང (sman tshong khang)
• Turkish: eczane (tr)
• Turkmen: daruxanä, dermanhana, apteka
• Ukrainian: апте́ка (uk) f (aptéka)
• Urdu: فارمیسی f (fārmesī), دواخانہ m (davāxānā)
• Uyghur: دوراخانا (doraxana), دورىخانا (dorixana)
• Uzbek: apteka (uz), dorixona (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhà thuốc, hiệu thuốc, tiệm thuốc
• Walloon: farmaçreye (wa) f, apoticårreye (wa) f (old)
• Welsh: fferyllfa f
• West Frisian: apoteek
• Yiddish: אַפּטייק f (apteyk)

science of medicinal substances

• Arabic: صَيْدَلَة f (ṣaydala)
• Asturian: farmacia f
• Belarusian: фармацэ́ўтыка f (farmacéŭtyka)
• Bulgarian: фармация f (farmacija)
• Catalan: farmàcia (ca) f
• Czech: farmacie f
• Dutch: farmacie (nl) f
• Estonian: farmaatsia
• Finnish: farmasia (fi)
• Galician: farmacia (gl) f
• German: Pharmazie (de) f
• Greek: φαρμακευτική (el) f (farmakeftikí)
• Hebrew: רוקחות (he) f (rok'khút)
• Hungarian: gyógyszerészet (hu), farmakológia (hu)
• Indonesian: farmasi (id)
• Irish: cógaisíocht f
• Italian: farmacia (it) f
• Japanese: 薬学 (ja), 薬理学 (ja)
• Macedonian: фарма́ција f (farmácija)
• Mongolian: эм зүй (em züj)
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• Norman: apotiqu'sie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: farmasi m

  Nynorsk: farmasi m

• Persian: داروسازی (fa) (dâru-sâzi)
• Polish: farmacja (pl) f, farmaceutyka f
• Portuguese: farmácia (pt) f
• Russian: фармаци́я (ru) f (farmacíja), фармаце́втика (ru) f (farmacévtika)
• Rwanda-Rundi:

  Kinyarwanda: farumasi

• Scottish Gaelic: lèigheadaireachd f
• Slovene: farmacija (sl) f
• Spanish: farmacia (es) f
• Swedish: farmaci (sv) c
• Ukrainian: фармаці́я f (farmacíja), фармаце́втика f (farmacévtyka)
• Vietnamese: dược khoa
• Walloon: farmaçreye (wa) f
• Welsh: fferylliaeth m or f

occupation of a pharmacist

• Afrikaans: apteek (af)
• Arabic: صَيْدَلَة f (ṣaydala)
• Catalan: farmàcia (ca) f
• Estonian: farmatseut, proviisor, apteeker (et)
• Finnish: farmasia (fi)
• Greek: φαρμακοποιία (el) f (farmakopoiía)
• Indonesian: apoteker (id), farmasis
• Irish: poitigéireacht f
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• Italian: farmacista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 薬剤師 (ja)
• Macedonian: фарма́ција f (farmácija)
• Norman: apotiqu'sie f
• Persian: داروساز (fa) (dâru-sâz), دکتر داروساز (doktor-e dâru-sâz)
• Polish: aptekarstwo (pl) n
• Russian: фармаце́втика (ru) f (farmacévtika)

See also

• apothecary
• chemist
• drugstore

Further reading

• “pharmacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “pharmacy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “pharmacy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.