Complete Definition of "pharmacy"

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Etymology
From OF. farmacie (modern: pharmacie), from ML. pharmacia, from Gr. term|scGrek|�ά�μακεία|trpharmakeia||the use of drugs|langel, and term|scGrek|�ά�μακον|trpharmakon||a drug, charm, enchantment, via ML. term|pharmacia|langla. Ultimately from AGr. term|scpolytonic|�α�μακί�|trpharmakis||witch|lang=grc.

Noun
en-noun|pharmacies

  1. A place where prescription drugs are dispensed, a dispensary.
  2. The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.
  3. The occupation of a pharmacist.

Related terms
pharmacist
pharmacology

Translations
trans-top|a place where prescription drugs are dispensed
Bosnian: t-|bs|apoteka|f
Chinese: t|cmn|��|tryàofáng|scHani|xs=Mandarin
Czech: t-|cs|lékárna|f
Danish: t+|da|apotek|n
Dutch: t|nl|apotheek|m|f
Finnish: t+|fi|apteekki
French: t-|fr|pharmacie|f
German: t+|de|Apotheke|f
Greek: t+|el|�α�μακείο|n|sc=Grek
Irish: cógaslann f
Italian: t+|it|farmacia|f
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Japanese: �� (����, kusuriya)
Kurdish: t+|ku|د��ر�ا�خا���|sc=KUchar
Maltese: spiżerija
Norwegian: t-|no|apotek|n
Persian: fa-Arab|دار�خا�� (dâru-xâne)
Polish: t+|pl|apteka|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|farmácia|f
Russian: t+|ru|ап�ека|f|traptéka|scCyrl
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|lekarna|f
Spanish: t-|es|farmacia|f
Swedish: t+|sv|apotek
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trans-top|science of medicinal substances
Finnish: t-|fi|farmasia
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Persian: fa-Arab|دار�ساز� (dâru-sâzi)
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trans-top|occupation of a pharmacist
Finnish: t-|fi|farmasia
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Persian: fa-Arab|دار�ساز (dâru-sâz), fa-Arab|دکتر دار�ساز (doktor-e dâru-sâz)
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See also
chemist
apothecary

Category:Medicine
Category:Pharmacy|

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