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pharmacy Definition

phar·macy (fär′mə sē)

noun pl. -·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

pharmacy Synonyms

pharmacy

n.

  1. Pharmacology

    medicine, drug manufacturing, chemistry; see science.

  2. A drugstore

    drugstore, medical distributor, variety store; see store 1.

pharmacy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • dispense: It is important to find out if there are plans to include a dispensing pharmacy in the LIFT development.
  • participate: They will give you a form which you can take to your local participating pharmacy.

Adjective modifier

  • homeopathic: Homeopathic pharmacies have also developed " complex " homeopathic preparations.
  • psychiatric: In total, Ian has spent ten years working in psychiatric pharmacy.
  • retail: The specified POMs can also be sold or supplied by a retail pharmacy on presentation of an order signed by a registered ophthalmic optician.
  • Canadian: Sativex® will be marketed by Bayer in Canada and is expected to be available in Canadian pharmacies from late May or early June 2005.
  • independent: However, the risk to small independent pharmacies is worrying many.
  • online: Top 10 Web Sites for online pharmacy Info.. .

Modifies a noun

  • technician: Accredited checking pharmacy technician in aseptic services Status: Planning phase.
  • contractor: The packages will allow pharmacy contractors to offer new services.
  • superintendent: Rents in some LIFT sites are tending to be higher than those for pharmacies outside LIFT, a pharmacy superintendent has claimed.
  • contract: The results will be used to cost the new pharmacy contract.
  • profession: If other professionals did not know what the pharmacy profession meant by medicines management, the profession was not going to get very far.
  • workforce: It is, the document says, essential that the potential of the pharmacy workforce is realized in the delivery of this concept.

Preposition: without

prescription: Malathion, permethrin and phenothrin ( both pyrethroids ) are available from pharmacies without prescription.

Noun used with modifier

  • community: Queries can be on any matter relating to community pharmacy.
  • hospital: The data refers to drugs dispensed in a hospital pharmacy.
  • NHS: NHS pharmacies will be able to use their NHS code.
  • ward: We ditched " ward pharmacy " and got the technicians to do it.
  • Internet: Wholly mail order or internet pharmacy services: Must provide the full range of NHS pharmacy services determined nationally.