pharmacy
/'fɑ:məsi/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A retail establishment where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold: A "pharmacy" is a store, often part of a larger business like a supermarket or operating independently, where licensed pharmacists prepare, dispense, and sell prescription medications and other health-related products.
- The science and practice of preparing and dispensing medicinal drugs: "Pharmacy" also refers to the professional field, art, and science concerned with the discovery, development, production, and proper use of drugs and medicines.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Retail Shop):
- I need to stop by the pharmacy to pick up my prescription.
- The new pharmacy on Main Street also sells vitamins and first-aid supplies.
- Noun (Science/Profession):
- She studied pharmacy at university and is now a licensed pharmacist.
- Advances in pharmacy have led to more effective treatments for many diseases.
Advanced Usage
- "Hospital pharmacy": A department within a hospital responsible for preparing and dispensing medications to inpatients.
- The hospital pharmacy operates 24 hours a day to meet patient needs.
- "Pharmacy practice": The professional activities and services performed by pharmacists.
- His research focuses on improving community pharmacy practice.
Variants and Related Words
- Pharmacist (n): A healthcare professional licensed to prepare, dispense, and provide advice on medications.
- The pharmacist explained the potential side effects of the new medicine.
- Pharmaceutical (adj): Relating to medicinal drugs, or their preparation, use, or sale. (n): A medicinal drug manufactured for sale.
- The pharmaceutical industry is highly regulated.
- This company develops new pharmaceuticals.
Synonyms
- Drugstore (n): A retail shop where medicines and other items are sold (common in American English).
- Chemist (n): A shop where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold (common in British English).
- Apothecary (n): An archaic term for a person who prepared and sold medicines; sometimes used for a pharmacy with a historical aesthetic.
Related Phrases
- "Pharmacy technician": A person who works under the supervision of a pharmacist to help prepare and dispense medications.
- She works as a pharmacy technician while completing her degree.
- "Compounding pharmacy": A pharmacy that specializes in preparing customized medications for individual patients.
- The doctor sent the special cream recipe to a compounding pharmacy.
Noun
- a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
- the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,