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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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Noun
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At Walgreens’ locations in Austin, none of the pharmacists had the MMR vaccine in stock at the end of last week, according to The Guardian.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025 -
Health care workers, police, firefighters, the military, grocery store workers, pharmacists, delivery truck drivers, bus drivers and food processors who did not bow to vaccine mandates lost their jobs, even after many had worked at great personal risk before the COVID vaccine was available.—
Debra J. Saunders,
Orange County Register,
11 Mar. 2025
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If, however, compounding pharmacies are forced to stop production, many Americans currently using GLP-1 products will be unable to afford the brand-name drugs.—
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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All are easily accessible via your health care provider or local pharmacies and have been shown to significantly reduce your risk of hospitalization (or worse) from preventable serious diseases.—
Petra Guglielmetti,
Glamour,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Apothecaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apothecaries. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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