pharmacy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold

2. 2
   noun

   the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,

3. 3
   noun

   A place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed.

4. 4
   noun

   The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.

5. 5
   noun

   The role or occupation of a pharmacist.

Etymology

From Middle English pharmacy, borrowed from Middle French pharmacie (“the art of creating drugs; a drug, especially a laxative”), from Old French farmacie, from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment”), of uncertain but likely Pre-Greek origin. Attested since late 14th century.