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compounding pharmacy

compounding pharmacy noun: a pharmacy in which therapeutic drugs are created in small batches, generally when the patient needs a formulation which is not readily available from manufactured drugs.

Noun

compounding pharmacy (plural compounding pharmacies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, US) A pharmacy in which therapeutic drugs are created in small batches, generally when the patient needs a formulation which is not readily available from manufactured drugs.

Forms of compounding pharmacy

pluralcompounding pharmacies

Questions about compounding pharmacy

What does compounding pharmacy mean?
Compounding pharmacy means a pharmacy in which therapeutic drugs are created in small batches, generally when the patient needs a formulation which is not readily available from manufactured drugs.
What part of speech is compounding pharmacy?
Compounding pharmacy is a noun.
What is the plural of compounding pharmacy?
The plural of compounding pharmacy is compounding pharmacies.

Words near compounding pharmacy in the dictionary

  1. compoundest
  2. compoundeth
  3. compoundhood
  4. compounding
  5. compounding pharmacies
  6. compounding pharmacy
  7. compoundings
  8. compoundly
  9. compoundness
  10. compounds
  11. comprable

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