pharmacies

Variant of pharmacy

noun pl. pharmacies

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

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

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