an all-night pharmacy
Oxford Essential Dictionary
pharmacy
noun (plural pharmacies)
a shop, or part of a shop, which sells medicines and drugs
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pharmacy
phar‧ma‧cy /ˈfɑːməsi $ ˈfɑːr-/ BrE AmE 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 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
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
pharmacy
phar·macy [pharmacy pharmacies] [ˈfɑːməsi] [ˈfɑːrməsi] noun (pl. phar·macies)
1. countable a shop/store, or part of one, that sells medicines and drugs
compare chemist, drugstore
2. countable a place in a hospital where medicines are prepared
3. uncountable the study of how to prepare medicines and drugs
Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting the administration of drugs): from Old French farmacie, via medieval Latin from Greek pharmakeia ‘practice of the druggist’, based on pharmakon ‘drug’.
Example Bank:
• Research is bringing more effective new drugs to pharmacy shelves.
• The cream is available at/from/in pharmacies without a prescription.
• The ointment is available from pharmacies without prescription.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
pharmacy / ˈfɑː.mə.si / / ˈfɑːr- / noun
B1 [ C ] a shop or part of a shop in which medicines are prepared and sold [ C ] part of a hospital where medicines are prepared [ U ] the activity or study of medicine preparation
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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
pharmacy
[fɑ͟ː(r)məsi]
pharmacies
1) N-COUNT A pharmacy is a shop or a department in a shop where medicines are sold or given out. Compare chemist, drugstore.
Make sure you understand exactly how to take your medicines before you leave the pharmacy.
...the pharmacy section of the drugstore.
2) N-UNCOUNT Pharmacy is the job or the science of preparing medicines.
He spent four years studying pharmacy.
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
pharmacy
phar·ma·cy /ˈfɑɚməsi/ noun, pl -cies
1 [count]
a : a store or part of a store in which drugs and medicines are prepared and sold
• There's a pharmacy in our grocery store now.
b : a place in a hospital where drugs and medicines are prepared and given out : dispensary
2 [noncount] : the practice and profession of preparing drugs and medicines
• She's studying pharmacy at the university.