Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The art of preparing and dispensing drugs.
- n. A place where drugs are sold; a drugstore. Also called apothecary.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The art or practice of preparing, preserving, and compounding medicines, and of dispensing them according to the formulæ or prescriptions of medical practitioners.
- n. The occupation of an apothecary or pharmaceutical chemist.
- n. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; a drug-store; an apothecary's shop.
Wiktionary
- n. A place where prescription drugs are dispensed, a dispensary.
- n. The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.
- n. The occupation of a pharmacist.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
- n. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
- n. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,
Etymologies
- From Old French farmacie (modern French pharmacie), from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeia, "the use of drugs"), from φάρμακον (pharmakon, "a drug, charm, enchantment"), from Ancient Greek φαρμακίς (pharmakis, "witch"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English farmacie, a purgative, from Old French, from Medieval Latin pharmacīa, a medicine, from Greek pharmakeia, use of drugs, from pharmakon, drug. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“As one of the country's largest pharmacy benefits managers PBMs, we provide access to a network of more than 64,000 pharmacies, including approximately 7,100 CVS/pharmacy® stores that provide unparalleled service and capabilities.”
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“As one of the country's largest pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), we provide access to a network of more than 64,000 pharmacies, including over 7,000 CVS/pharmacy® stores that provide unparalleled service and capabilities.”
“As one of the country's largest pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), we provide access to a network of more than 64,000 pharmacies, including approximately 7,000 CVS/pharmacy® stores that provide unparalleled service and capabilities.”
“Our main pharmacy is located in central Canada and is regulated closely by Health Canada and provincial pharmacy regulators.”
“Most are filling their scripts once a month at some local chain pharmacy, which is a hug waste of money for them, especially as most are not making much money yet.”
“Well, having home delivery from your local pharmacy is a pretty good benefit, Rolly.”
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“The pharmacy is slightly larger than a telephone booth.”
“Didactic teaching through regular case conferences and consult rounds are available to any graduate student in pharmacy or medicine, and residents or fellows in pediatrics, emergency medicine, anesthesiology/critical care or related sub-specialties.”
“While all our attention has been directed to a health care bill that was a pure givaway to big business and pharmacy from the git go all our funds and the very life of our country has been sucked away to bomb and kill innocents in foreign countries ….”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pharmacy’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Shopaholic!
shop, store, kiosk, mall, retail, market, supermarket, bodega, superstore, bazaar, marketplace, pharmacy and 23 more...
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vaca 22000_3
vaca 22000_3
call up, come over, hold on, hang up, drop in, drop by, call on, try on, sale, sell out, cashier, counter and 9 more...
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OM3 Lesson 34
by the time, take of, wreck, interstate, radio, waiting list, prescription, fill, pharmacy, flood, rainstorm, common and 4 more...
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