pharmacy

Noun

Meaning

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.

A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

drugstore chemist's shop chemist's apothecary's shop pharmaceutics apothecary chemist dispensary chemist shop booth pharmacology bakeshop store drug shop
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Antonyms

disease poison sickness ailment virus

Hypernyms

store medicine shop medical specialty

Related terms

pharmacology pharmacist pharmacopolist pharmacopole pharmacian

Phrases with the word

hospital pharmacy community pharmacy

Examples

You have to love a town where you can both smoke and gamble in a pharmacy. Anthony Bourdain

I got a job as soon as I could - 11 or 12. I started babysitting and then I got a part-time job at a pharmacy in England. I just remember loving the feeling of going out and buying my own clothes! I'd go bargain-hunting and get secondhand vintage stuff. Natasha Bedingfield

I knew that as a pharmacy student I would obtain military deferment. As I was of Jewish origin, this meant that I would not have to serve in a forced labor unit of the Hungarian army. John Harsanyi

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. Napoleon Bonaparte

At the pharmacy don't taste, at the blacksmith's don't touch. Sicilian Proverb

A sauna - the poor man's pharmacy. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

pharmacovigilant pharmacracy pharmacratic pharmafood Pharmageddon pharmakos