ˈfärməsē, ˈfȧm-, -si noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English fermacie, from Middle French farmacie, from Late Latin pharmacia, from Greek pharmakeia, from pharmakon drug, medicine, poison, magic potion, charm; akin to Lithuanian burti to practice divination or magic
1. : the administering of drugs : treatment by drugs
2. : the art or practice of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing drugs, of discovering new drugs through research, and of synthesizing organic compounds of therapeutic value
3. : a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed
a hospital pharmacy
broadly : drugstore 1 — compare dispensary
4. : pharmacopoeia 2
never traveled without a complete family pharmacy — Edith Wharton