From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
pharmacy
n 1: the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and
medicines, [syn: pharmaceutics]
2: a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
[syn: drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's,
chemist's shop]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pharmacy \Phar"ma*cy\, n. [OE. fermacie, OF. farmacie,
pharmacie, F. pharmacie, Gr. farmakei`a, fr. farmakey`ein to
administer or use medicines, fr. fa`rmakon medicine.]
1. 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.
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2. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an
apothecary's shop.
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