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pharmacy

/ˈfɑɹməsi/noun3 syllables

Pharmacy means: a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold.

Synonyms for pharmacy12

noun, as in a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold

drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop

noun, as in the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines

pharmaceutics

also used for pharmacy

chemist, chemist shop, dispensary, druggist's, druggist's shop, apothecary's, apothecary

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What does pharmacy mean?2

noun

1

a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold

2

the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Pharmacy in a sentence

  • I mean, surely you can't make ends meet with a pharmacy, right?ajje
  • I went to the pharmacy with the prescription, but they didn't have acetaminophen.DJ_Saidez
  • In days gone by, they'd make all types of balms in this pharmacy.DJ_Saidez
  • Until what time does your pharmacy stay open?CM
  • I have not gone to the pharmacy in a long time.carlosalberto
  • I'm going to the pharmacy to buy medicine.TheNightAvl
  • Do you know where the nearest pharmacy is?carlosalberto
  • Ziri stopped by the pharmacy to buy the vitamins the doctor prescribed him.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of pharmacy

as a noun

plural
pharmacies