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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

Collins COBUILD 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

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.