Pharmacy Definition
The occupation of a pharmacist.
- pharmaceutics
- chemist's shop
- chemists
- apothecary's shop
- drugstore
- variety-store
- medical distributor
- chemistry
- drug manufacturing
- medicine
Other Word Forms of Pharmacy
Noun
Origin of Pharmacy
From Old French farmacie (modern French pharmacie), from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeia, “the use of drugs"), from φάρμακον (pharmakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment"), from Ancient Greek φαρμακίς (pharmakis, “witch").
From Wiktionary
Middle English farmacie a purgative from Old French from Medieval Latin pharmacīa a medicine from Greek pharmakeia use of drugs from pharmakon drug
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to pharmacy using the buttons below.