Definition of pharmacy
pharmacies
1 : the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs
2a : a place where medicines are compounded or dispensedb : drugstore
3 : pharmacopoeia 2
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Examples of pharmacy in a Sentence
There's a pharmacy in our grocery store now.
She's studying pharmacy at the university.
Recent Examples of pharmacy from the Web
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The pharmacy manager told police the prescription appeared to be forged.
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has been meeting with pharmacists, care providers and pharmacy-benefit managers in recent weeks to discuss ideas for making drugs more affordable.
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In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, a pharmacy tech poses for a picture with hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets, the generic version of Vicodin in Edmond, Okla.
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Those pharmacies do not face the same approval process or testing standards of larger pharmaceutical companies, which has spawned lawsuits by watchdogs pressing for them to be publicly known and properly scrutinized.
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Nine pharmacies at the top of his list show Medicare billing of $100 million or more.
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In only about 3 percent of those cases have doctors, nurses or pharmacy employees been disciplined, according to VA data.
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Its partner in the pharmacy claims processing company was DST Systems, which bought Americo Life’s half in 2009 for $57 million.
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Michael Grant-Ulrich, 21, of the 300 block of West North Avenue, Elmhurst, was charged with possession of marijuana at 7:15 a.m. May 24 in the CVS pharmacy, 110 W. North Ave.
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Origin and Etymology of pharmacy
Late Latin pharmacia administration of drugs, from Greek pharmakeia, from pharmakeuein to administer drugs, from pharmakon magic charm, poison, drug
First Known Use: 1651
PHARMACY Defined for Kids
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playMedical Definition of pharmacy
pharmacies
1: the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs
2a: a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed a hospital pharmacyb: drugstore
3: pharmacopoeia 2
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