Thesaurus results for APOTHECARIES

apothecaries

noun

plural of apothecary

as in pharmacists

a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription in olden days the apothecary had few drugs that actually cured anything, most substances being little more than pain relievers

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as in pharmacies

a retail store where medicines and miscellaneous articles are sold the historic village boasts an old-fashioned apothecary that's been there for almost a century and a half

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Recent Examples of apothecaries For decades after the nation’s founding, doctors had competition from homeopaths, herbalists, apothecaries, midwives, and religious healers—not to mention mothers. —

Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025 Eventually, hard candies were made from the plant and carried in many apothecaries and general stores. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025

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The bill did contain a measure backed by DeSantis that would have allowed pharmacists to provide ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug often prescribed for animals, over-the-counter to adults without a prescription.

— News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Those are the big ones that pharmacists can help patients take in a way that benefits them rather than causing side effects.

— Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2026