Noun: pharmacy faa(r)-mu-see
- A retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
"She stopped at the pharmacy to pick up her prescription";
- drugstore [N. Amer], apothecary's shop [archaic], chemist's [Brit], chemist's shop [Brit], chemist [Brit]
- The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines
"She studied pharmacy to become a compounding pharmacist";
- pharmaceutics
Derived forms: pharmacies
Type of: medicine, shop, store
Encyclopedia: Pharmacy