[phar.ma.cy] n, pl -cies [LL pharmacia administration of drugs, fr. Gk pharmakeia, fr. pharmakeuein to administer drugs, fr. pharmakon magic charm, poison, drug] (1651) 1: the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs
2. a: a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed b: drugstore
3: pharmacopoeia
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