ETYM Cf. French dispensaire.
1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.
2. A dispensatory.

A medicinal formulary.

A retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold; SYN. apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, dispensary, pharmacy. drug-store, drug store

ETYM Old Eng. fermacie, Old Fren. farmacie, pharmacie, French pharmacie, Greek, from pharmakos medicine, poison.
The preparation and dispensing of drugs; as an area of study, pharmacy includes an understanding of the origins, nature, and action of drugs. The place where a pharmacist dispenses drugs is also referred to as a pharmacy.
The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines; SYN. pharmaceutics.

ETYM Old Eng. apotecarie, from Late Lat. apothecarius, from Latin apotheca storehouse, Greek apo, to put away; apo from + tithenai: cf. French apothicaire, Old Fren. apotecaire. Related to Thesis.
One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.
Archaic, or American, pharmacist.
Person who prepares and dispenses medicines; a pharmacist.

ETYM Shortened from alchemist; cf. French chimiste.
1. A scientist who specializes in chemistry.
2. (British) A pharmacist.

A container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts.

ETYM French droguiste, from drogue. Related to Drug.
One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmacist.

A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs; SYN. druggist, chemist, apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller.
Practicer of pharmacy.

ETYM Latin, from Greek.
A Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram.

1. Preparation, dispensing and selling of drugs.
2. Chemist's shop.

ETYM Old Eng. fermacie, Old Fren. farmacie, pharmacie, French pharmacie, Greek, from pharmakos medicine, poison.
The preparation and dispensing of drugs; as an area of study, pharmacy includes an understanding of the origins, nature, and action of drugs. The place where a pharmacist dispenses drugs is also referred to as a pharmacy.
The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines; SYN. pharmaceutics.