pharmacy

Pronunciation

• enPR: fär'-mə-si, IPA ^(key): /ˈfɑrməsi/, SAMPA: /"fArm@si/

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Noun

Singular pharmacy

Plural pharmacies

The mortar and pestle, a symbol of pharmacists and pharmacies

1. (countable) A pharmacy is a place someone can get prescription medicine.
   • Synonyms: drugstore and chemist's

   On the way home I need to pick up my medicine at the pharmacy.

2. (uncountable) Pharmacy is the study of chemicals and substances that are used as medicine.
3. (uncountable) Pharmacy is the work that a pharmacist does.

Related words

• pharmacist
• pharmacology
• pharmaceutical