pharmacy

noun

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phar·ma·cy | \ ˈfär-mə-sē

plural pharmacies

Definition of pharmacy

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

2a : a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed

b : drugstore

3 : pharmacopoeia sense 2

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There's a pharmacy in our grocery store now. She's studying pharmacy at the university.

Recent Examples on the Web Three Republican House members testified about ivermectin at a recent state pharmacy board meeting, Alaska Public Media reports. — From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2021 In legal filings, Alden has acknowledged diverting hundreds of millions of dollars from its newspapers into risky bets on commercial real estate, a bankrupt pharmacy chain, and Greek debt bonds. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2021 The retailer announced last month a new marketplace platform that lets veterinarians operate their own online pharmacy stores on Chewy’s website. — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2021 In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy, with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping. — NBC News, 13 Oct. 2021 The online pharmacy and lab also found elevated levels of benzene in more than 20 hand sanitizers earlier in the year. — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2021 There are nearly 7,700 active startups in the city as of July this year, including notable unicorns—billion-dollar startups—like online pharmacy PharmEasy, gaming company Dream11, and ed-tech firm upGrad. — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 Sep. 2021 Despite the abundance of online pharmacy ads, some companies now appear to be scaling back their ivermectin promotion. — Deb Gordon, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021 The agency acted after an online pharmacy discovered the impurity by testing batches and urged the FDA to act. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 12 July 2021

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