pharmacy

Meaning

Noun

• A place where prescription drugs are dispensed; a dispensary.
• The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.
• The occupation of a pharmacist.

Origin

• From Middle English pharmacy, borrowed from Middle French pharmacie, from Old French farmacie, from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία ("the use of drugs"), from φάρμακον, of uncertain but likely Pre-Greek origin.
• Attested since late 14th century.