PHARMACY


Meaning of PHARMACY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfär-mə-sē ]

noun

( plural -cies )

Etymology: Late Latin pharmacia administration of drugs, from Greek pharmakeia, from pharmakeuein to administer drugs, from pharmakon magic charm, poison, drug

Date: 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 2

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.