pharmacies

Variant of pharmacy

pharmacy definition

phar·macy (fär′mə sē)

noun pl. pharmacies -·cies

  1. the art or profession of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines
  2. a place where pharmacy is practiced; drugstore

Etymology: ME fermacie, medicine < MFr farmacie < LL pharmacia < Gr pharmakeia < pharmakon, drug

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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