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pharmacy

phar·ma·cy [ frməssee ] (plural phar·ma·cies)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. drug dispensing: the science or profession of dispensing medicinal drugs

2. shop selling or dispensing medicine: a place where medicinal drugs are dispensed or sold

[14th century. Via Old French farmacie< Greek pharmakeia "use of drugs" < pharmakon "drug"]
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