Pharmacy - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Pharmacy :  (noun)
1: the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, [syn: pharmaceutics]
2: a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold [syn: drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Pharmacy : \Phar"ma*cy\, n. [OE. fermacie, OF. farmacie, pharmacie, F. pharmacie, Gr. ?, fr. ? to administer or use medicines, fr. ? medicine.] 1. The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist.

2. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Pharmacy :  Pharmacy: A location where prescription drugs are sold. A pharmacy is, by law, constantly supervised by a licensed pharmacist.



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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