- Also called: pharmaceutics the practice or art of preparing and dispensing drugs
- a dispensary
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
phar•ma•cy /ˈfɑrməsi/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -cies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [countable] a drugstore.
- Drugs Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and giving out drugs and medicines:[uncountable]studied pharmacy for four years.
phar•ma•cy
(fär′mə sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies.
- DrugsAlso called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
- a drugstore.
- Greek pharmakeía druggist's work. See pharmaco-, -y3
- Medieval Latin
- earlier pharmacia 1645–55
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pharmacy /ˈfɑːməsɪ/ n ( pl -cies)
'pharmacy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
apothecaries' measure
- apothecaries' weight
- genomics
- P
- phar.
- pharmaceutical
- pharmaceutics
- alexipharmic
- apothecary
- BP
- B.Pharm.
- B.S.P.
- college
- drug
- galenic
- Galenic pharmacy
- gp
- M.Pharm.
- M.S.Phar.
- Phar.B.
- Phar.D.
- pharm.
- Pharm.D.
- Pharm.M.
- Ph. G.
- polypharmacy
- white wax