pharmacy
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈfɑːməsi//
- United States//ˈfɑɹməsi//
A place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed.
noun
- 1
A place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed.
- 2
The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.
- 3
The role or occupation of a pharmacist.
- 4
A collection, group or set of drugs or similar products; a set of drugs taken.
In that neighborhood, you could find a dealer for any drug, a whole pharmacy of chemical distractions.
He hoped to get off the pharmacy of medications that quack put him on.
Her garden was a pharmacy of herbs.
Etymology
From Middle English pharmacy, borrowed from Middle French pharmacie (“the art of creating drugs; a drug, especially a laxative”), 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 Pre-Greek origin. Attested since late 14th century.
Forms
- plural
- pharmacies
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