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 pharmacy2. [countable] the place where medicines are prepared in a hospital
3. [uncountable] the study or practice of preparing drugs and medicines
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