pharmacy
/ˈfɑːməsi//ˈfɑɹməsi/
pharmacy noun: a place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed.
Noun
pharmacy (countable and uncountable, plural pharmacies)
- A place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed.
- The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.
- The role or occupation of a pharmacist.
- A collection, group or set of drugs or similar products; a set of drugs taken.
- In that neighborhood, you could find a dealer for any drug, a whole pharmacy of chemical distractions.
- He hoped to get off the pharmacy of medications that quack put him on.
pharmacy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pharmacy in Hindi
- a place where prescription drugs are dispensed
- दवाख़ाना davāxānā, फ़ार्मेसी fārmesī, औषधालय auṣdhālay, सैदलिय्या saidliyyā
pharmacy in Tamil
- a place where prescription drugs are dispensed
- மருந்தகம் maruntakam, மருந்துக்கடை maruntukkaṭai
pharmacy in Marathi
- a place where prescription drugs are dispensed
- फार्मसी phārmasī, औषधालय auṣdhālay, दवाखाना davākhānā
pharmacy in Urdu
- a place where prescription drugs are dispensed
- فارْمیسی fārmesī, دَوا خانَہ davā xāna, صَیدَلِیَّہ saidaliyya
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- pharmacy in Bengali
- ফার্মেসি pharmeśi
- pharmacy in Telugu
- ఫార్మసీ phārmasī
- pharmacy in Malayalam
- ഔഷധാലയം auṣadhālayaṁ
- pharmacy in Kannada
- ಔಷಧಾಲಯ auṣadhālaya
- pharmacy in Punjabi
- ਫਾਰਮੇਸੀ phārmesī
- pharmacy in Gujarati
- ફાર્મસી phārmasī
- pharmacy in Odia
- ଫାର୍ମାସି phārmāsi
- pharmacy in Sanskrit
- औषधालय auṣadhālaya
- pharmacy in Sinhala
- ඔසුහල osuhala
- pharmacy in Assamese
- ফাৰ্মাছী pharmasi
- pharmacy in Nepali
- फार्मेसी, औषधालय, फार्मासी
- pharmacy in Pashto
- دواخانه dawāxāna, درملتون darmaltun, دوافروش dawāfaroš
- pharmacy in Tagalog
- botika, parmasya
- pharmacy in Arabic
- صَيْدَلِيَّة ṣaydaliyya, صَيْدَلَة ṣaydala
- pharmacy in Malay
- farmasi, kedai ubat, rumah ubat, apotek
- pharmacy in Indonesian
- apotek, farmasi, apoteker, farmasis
- pharmacy in Thai
- ร้านขายยา ráan-kǎai-yaa, เภสัชศาสตร์ pee-sàt-chá-sàat, เภสัชภัณฑ์ pee-sàt-chá-pan
- pharmacy in Vietnamese
- nhà thuốc, hiệu thuốc, tiệm thuốc, dược khoa
- pharmacy in Myanmar
- ဆေးဆိုင် hce:hcuing
Examples of pharmacy in a sentence
- The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
- The queue in the pharmacy was a glacier.
- Patients who come to the pharmacy counter may remember the trade name of their prescription but not the nonproprietary name, or vice versa.
Synonyms of pharmacy
- drugstore
- chemist
- chemist shop
- chemist's
- chemist's shop
- druggist's
- apothecary's
- dispensary
- druggist's shop
- apothecary's shop
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Forms of pharmacy
| plural | pharmacies |
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Origin of pharmacy
From Middle English pharmacy, borrowed from Middle French pharmacie (“the art of creating drugs; a drug, especially a laxative”), from Old French farmacie, from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment”), of uncertain but likely Pre-Greek origin. Attested since late 14th century.
Words formed from pharmacy
Questions about pharmacy
- What does pharmacy mean?
- Pharmacy means a place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed.
- What is pharmacy in Hindi?
- Pharmacy in Hindi is दवाख़ाना (davāxānā), फ़ार्मेसी (fārmesī), औषधालय (auṣdhālay). See Pharmacy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pharmacy?
- Pharmacy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pharmacy?
- Pharmacy is pronounced /ˈfɑːməsi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pharmacy?
- The plural of pharmacy is pharmacies.
Words near pharmacy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pharmacy (page history and authors); pharmacy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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