pharmacy

noun phar·ma·cy \ ˈfär-mə-sē \

|Updated on: 19 Jun 2018

Examples: pharmacy in a Sentence

Definition of pharmacy

plural pharmacies

1 : the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs

2 a : a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed

b : 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

Williams has worked for the pharmacy for about a month, sheriff’s spokesman Andrew Gant said.

— gal tziperman lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Pharmacy technician caught on camera stealing drugs, deputies say," 15 June 2018
The pharmacy has 30 days to respond to the state's accusations.

— georgea kovanis, Detroit Free Press, "Hamtramck pharmacy in trouble for dispensing too many opioids," 15 June 2018
The larger space will expand the company’s Technology Center of Excellence, combining Walgreens’ retail pharmacy technology teams with digital, mobile and e-commerce teams already working in the city.

— ryan ori, chicagotribune.com, "Walgreens to move 1,800 workers to Old Post Office, including 1,300 from Deerfield HQ," 15 June 2018
Black has accounts with compounding pharmacies that sell and supply him with nutraceuticals under that license.

— craig hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, "Feeling the drip, drip, drip of the mobile IV craze," 13 June 2018
That will not only drive sales on both platforms but also ease moves into new areas, such as a pharmacy business.

— justin lahart, WSJ, "How Whole Foods Gives Amazon a Boost," 13 June 2018
Fayeweather and Yancy are also suspected of robbing multiple pharmacies along the Interstate 5 corridor, between Chico and Modesto, Matthew said.

— molly sullivan, sacbee, "Two Sacramento men arrested on suspicion of murder, home invasion, robbery spree," 13 June 2018
The original source for claims about Manning's drug use was Charlie Sly, a former pharmacy intern at the Guyer Institute in Indianapolis.

— jenny green, Indianapolis Star, "5 things we now know about the Al Jazeera-Peyton Manning legal battle," 13 June 2018
The building is being demolished to make way for a 14,600-square-foot CVS pharmacy and a smaller building.

— ruth bruno, courant.com, "Manchester Fire Department: Excavator Falls Into Basement During Demolition," 13 June 2018

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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

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First Known Use: 1651

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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