pharmacy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++phar·ma·cy /ˈfɑːməsi $ ˈfɑːr-/ ●●● S3 noun (plural pharmacies) 1 [countable]MDSHOP/STORE a shop or a part of a shop where medicines are prepared and sold 药店；〔商店的〕药品部 SYN British English chemist an all-night pharmacy 通宵药店2. [countable] the place where medicines are prepared in a hospital 〔医院的〕药房，配药室3. [uncountable]MD the study or practice of preparing drugs and medicines 药剂学；制药（学）；配药（学）
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pharmacy• They are available at pharmacies for a suggested price of $ 19. 95.• Patients whose ability to take medicines is a critical issue could be encouraged to use the same community pharmacy on each occasion.• Tablets were provided by Merck, Sharp, and Dohme and were kept with the randomisation schedule in the hospital pharmacy.• Responding to weekend press comment the company said yesterday that it had received offers for its Superdrug pharmacy chain.• At first he marketed his yogurt through pharmacies.From Longman Business Dictionarypharmacyphar‧ma‧cy /ˈfɑːməsiˈfɑːr-/ noun (plural pharmacies) [countable] especially American English a shop where there are specially trained staff who can sell or give out medicines as ordered by a doctorOrigin pharmacy (1300-1400) Late Latin pharmacia “giving drugs”, from Greek, from pharmakeuein “to give drugs”, from pharmakon “magic liquid, poison, drug”phar·ma·cy nounChineseSyllable
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pharmacy
phar‧ma‧cy /ˈfɑːməsi $ ˈfɑːr-/
noun (plural pharmacies)
SYN chemist:
an all-night pharmacy
2. [countable] the place where medicines are prepared in a hospital
3. [uncountable] the study or practice of preparing drugs and medicines
phar‧ma‧cy /ˈfɑːməsi $ ˈfɑːr-/
noun (plural pharmacies) Date: 1300-1400
Language: Late Latin
Origin: pharmacia 'giving drugs', from Greek, from pharmakeuein 'to give drugs', from pharmakon 'magic liquid, poison, drug'
1. [countable] a shop or a part of a shop where medicines are prepared and sold Language: Late Latin
Origin: pharmacia 'giving drugs', from Greek, from pharmakeuein 'to give drugs', from pharmakon 'magic liquid, poison, drug'
SYN chemist:
2. [countable] the place where medicines are prepared in a hospital
3. [uncountable] the study or practice of preparing drugs and medicines