phar‧ma‧cy /ˈfɑːməsi $ ˈfɑːr-/ noun (plural pharmacies)
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin; Origin: pharmacia 'giving drugs', from Greek, from pharmakeuein 'to give drugs', from pharmakon 'magic liquid, poison, drug']

1. [countable] a shop or a part of a shop where medicines are prepared and sold Synonym : chemist:
an all-night pharmacy

2. [countable] the place where medicines are prepared in a hospital

3. [uncountable] the study or practice of preparing drugs and medicines

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pharmacy
noun
ADJ. hospital, local | dispensing, retail
PHARMACY + NOUN business, chain | licence | counter
PHRASES available from pharmacies The ointment is available from pharmacies without prescription.

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