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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Pharmacy records at our Matteson store will automatically transfer to our store at 7209 Lincoln Highway in Frankfort.
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It was passed in response to a pharmacy benefit management industry practice called clawbacks.
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Trucco said the renovations started last July with the grocery store closing while the pharmacy remained open.
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The event, at Wagner's Pharmacy at Fourth Street and Central Avenue, will include a memorial for her son and 4-year-old Cesar Ivan Cano, who was abducted June 29, 2007, and found dead days later on July 7.
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Keith Czeskleba said the suspect entered the store and handed a note to a cashier demanding Oxycodone from the pharmacy.
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The new 13,100 square foot CVS — a new prototype for the pharmacy chain with a stucco and brick façade — will be situated in front of the existing train station on Church Street, which will be vacated to accommodate the development.
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For regional pharmacy chain Fred’s Inc., the road back could be tougher.
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Ruth was seen buying groceries, and supplies at the pharmacy in addition to getting breakfast at Crust Bakery.
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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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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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