pharmacy

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pharmacy

A pharmacy counter.

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːməsi/
Audio (UK): (file)
(General American) enPR: fär'məsē IPA^(key): /ˈfɑɹməsi/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

pharmacy (countable and uncountable, plural pharmacies)

(countable) A place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed.
(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.
(uncountable) The role or occupation of a pharmacist.

Usage notes

The American drugstore and British and Commonwealth chemist's are more common when referencing a small shop, especially when it is run as a general store that sells food and other goods as well as medicines. The pharmacies operated within hospitals that dispense medicine without acting as a point of sale are sometimes distinguished as dispensaries.

Synonyms

(drugstore): drugstore (US); chemist, chemist shop, chemist's, chemist's shop (UK, AU, NZ); dispensary (dated); druggist's, druggist's shop (US dated); apothecary's, apothecary's shop (UK dated); apothecary (historical or archaic)

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Translations

a place where prescription drugs are dispensed

Afrikaans: apteek (af)
Albanian: barnatore (sq) f
Apache:
Western Apache: izeeʼ idiihyee
Arabic: صَيْدَلِيَّة f (ṣaydaliyya)
Egyptian Arabic: اجزخانه f (agzaḵāna), صيدلية f (ṣaydaliyya)

Hijazi Arabic: صيدلية f (ṣaydaliyya)

Moroccan Arabic: فارمسيان m (fārmasyān), صيدلية f (ṣaydaliyya)
Armenian: դեղատուն (hy) (deġatun), ապտեկա (hy) (apteka) (colloquial)
Assamese: ফাৰ্মাছী (pharmasi)
Asturian: botica f, farmacia f
Aukan: aputeiki
Azerbaijani: aptek (az), dərmanxana, əczaxana
Bashkir: дарыухана (darıwxana)
Basque: farmazia sg, botika sg
Belarusian: аптэ́ка f (aptéka)
Bengali: ফার্মেসি (bn) (pharmeśi)
Bulgarian: апте́ка (bg) f (aptéka), дроге́рия f (drogérija)
Burmese: ဆေးဆိုင် (my) (hce:hcuing)
Catalan: farmàcia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 藥店／药店 (joek⁶ dim³), 藥房／药房 (joek⁶ fong⁴), 藥局／药局 (joek⁶ guk^6-2), 藥鋪／药铺 (joek⁶ pou³)

Dungan: йүәпу (yüəpu), йүәфон (yüəfon)

Eastern Min: 藥店／药店 (iŏh-dáing)

Gan: 藥房／药房 (ioh⁶ fong⁴)

Hokkien: 藥店／药店 (io̍h-tiàm), 藥房／药房 (zh-min-nan) (io̍h-pâng)

Jin: 藥房／药房 (ieh⁴ fon¹)

Mandarin: 藥店／药店 (zh) (yàodiàn), 藥房／药房 (zh) (yàofáng), 藥局／药局 (zh) (yàojú), 藥鋪／药铺 (zh) (yàopù) (usually herbal medicine)

Wu: 藥店／药店 (⁸yaq-ti), 藥房／药房 (⁸yaq-vaon)
Chukchi: маԓявэчгыран (maḷjavėčgyran)
Classical Nahuatl: pahcalli
Czech: lékárna (cs) f
Danish: apotek (da) n
Dutch: apotheek (nl) f
Esperanto: apoteko (eo)
Estonian: apteek (et), rohupood
Farefare: tɩɩm koosgo deo
Faroese: apotek n
Finnish: apteekki (fi)
French: pharmacie (fr) f, officine (fr) f
Fula:
Adlam: 𞤬𞤢𞤪𞤥𞤢𞤧𞤭𞥅

Roman: farmasii
Galician: farmacia (gl) f, botica f
Georgian: აფთიაქი (aptiaki)
German: Apotheke (de) f, Drogerie (de) f
Alemannic German: Abodég f
Greek: φαρμακείο (el) n (farmakeío)
Greenlandic: nakorsaataarniarfik
Gujarati: ફાર્મસી (phārmasī)
Haitian Creole: fanmasi
Hebrew: בֵּית מִרְקַחַת (he) m (beyt mirkakhat)
Hindi: दवाख़ाना m (davāxānā), फ़ार्मेसी f (fārmesī)
Hungarian: gyógyszertár (hu), patika (hu)
Icelandic: apótek (is) n, lyfjabúð (is) f
Indonesian: apotek (id)
Irish: cógaslann f, siopa poitigéara m
Italian: farmacia (it) f
Japanese: 薬局 (ja) (やっきょく, yakkyoku), 薬屋 (ja) (くすりや, kusuriya)
Kalmyk: эмин саң (emin sañ)
Kannada: ಔಷಧಾಲಯ (kn) (auṣadhālaya)
Kazakh: дәріхана (därıxana)
Khmer: ឱសថស្ថាន (ʼaosaʼthaʼsthaan), ផ្ទះលក់ថ្នាំ (phtĕəh lŭək thnam), ហាងលក់ថ្នាំ (haang lŭək thnam), ហ្វាម៉ាស៊ី (faamaasii), ភេសជ្ជាគារ (pheisacciəkiə)
Korean: 약국(藥局) (ko) (yakguk), 약방(藥房) (ko) (yakbang)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەرمانخانە (dermanxane), ئەجزاخانە (eczaxane)

Northern Kurdish: dermanxane (ku), eczaxane (ku), îlacxane (ku)
Kyrgyz: аптека (ky) (apteka), дарыкана (ky) (darıkana)
Lao: ຮ້ານຂາຍຢາ (hān khāi yā), ຮ້ານຂາຽຢາ (hān khāi yā)
Latvian: aptieka f
Lithuanian: vaistinė (lt) f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: apoteek f, apotheek (nds) f

German Low German: Aptheek (nds) f, Aftheek (nds) f, Apteek (nds) f
Luxembourgish: Apdikt (lb) f
Macedonian: апте́ка (mk) f (aptéka)
Malay: farmasi (ms), kedai ubat, rumah ubat, apotek (ms)
Malayalam: ഔഷധാലയം (ml) (auṣadhālayaṁ)
Maltese: spiżerija f
Maori: whare rongoā
Marathi: फार्मसी (phārmasī)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: эмийн сан (emiin san), эмийн дэлгүүр (emiin delgüür) (China), аптек (aptek)

Mongolian: ᠡᠮ ᠦᠨ
ᠰᠠᠩ (em-ün sang), ᠡᠮ ᠦᠨ
ᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡᠭᠦᠷ (em-ün delgegür), ᠠᠫᠲ᠋ᠧᠻ (aptēk)
Moore: tɩɩm koosg roogo
Norman: apotiqu'sie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: apotek (no) n

Nynorsk: apotek n
Occitan: farmacia (oc) f
Odia: ଫାର୍ମାସି (phārmāsi)
Ojibwe: mashkikii-adaawewigamig
Oromo: mana qorichaa
Pashto: دواخانه (ps) f (dawāxāna), درملتون (ps) m (darmaltun), دوافروش m (dawāfaroš)
Persian:
Dari: دَوَاخَانَه (dawāxāna)

Iranian Persian: داروخانِه (dâruxâne)
Polish: apteka (pl) f
Portuguese: farmácia (pt) f, drogaria (pt) f
Punjabi: ਫਾਰਮੇਸੀ (phārmesī)
Quechua: jampiy ranqhana wasi
Romanian: farmacie (ro) f, apotecă (ro) f
Russian: апте́ка (ru) f (aptéka)
Scottish Gaelic: bùth-cungaidheir m, bùth-chungaidhean m, bùth-cheimigeir m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: апоте́ка f, љѐка̄рна f (Croatia)

Roman: apotéka (sh) f, ljèkārna (sh) f (Croatia)
Sinhalese: ඔසුහල (osuhala)
Slovak: lekáreň f
Slovene: lekarna (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: aptejka f, drogerija f
Spanish: farmacia (es) f, botica (es) f, droguería (es)
Sranan Tongo: apteiki
Swahili: famasia, duka la dawa
Swedish: apotek (sv) n
Tagalog: botika, parmasya
Tajik: дорухона (doruxona)
Tamil: மருந்தகம் (ta) (maruntakam), மருந்துக்கடை (ta) (maruntukkaṭai)
Tatar: даруханә (daruxanä)
Telugu: ఫార్మసీ (phārmasī)
Thai: ร้านขายยา (ráan-kǎai-yaa)
Tibetan: སྨན་ཚོང་ཁང (sman tshong khang)
Turkish: eczane (tr)
Turkmen: dermanhana, apteka
Ukrainian: апте́ка (uk) f (aptéka)
Urdu: فارْمیسی f (fārmesī), دَوا خانَہ m (davā xāna), صَیدَلِیَّہ m (saidaliyya)
Uyghur: دوراخانا (doraxana), دورىخانا (dorixana), ئاپتېكا (aptëka)
Uzbek: apteka (uz), dorixona (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà thuốc, hiệu thuốc, tiệm thuốc
Walloon: farmaçreye (wa) f, apoticårreye (wa) f (old)
Welsh: fferyllfa f
West Frisian: apoteek
Yiddish: אַפּטייק f (apteyk)

science of medicinal substances

Afrikaans: farmasie (af), aptekerswese
Albanian: farmaceutikë (sq) f
Arabic: صَيْدَلَة f (ṣaydala)
Armenian: դեղագործություն (hy) (deġagorcutʻyun)
Asturian: farmacia f
Azerbaijani: əczaçılıq
Belarusian: фармацэ́ўтыка f (farmacéŭtyka)
Bulgarian: фарма́ция f (farmácija)
Catalan: farmàcia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 藥劑學／药剂学 (zh) (yàojìxué)
Czech: farmacie f, lékárnictví (cs) n
Danish: farmaci c
Dutch: farmacie (nl) f
Estonian: farmaatsia
Finnish: farmasia (fi)
French: pharmacie (fr) f
Galician: farmacia (gl) f
Georgian: ფარმაცევტიკა (parmacevṭiḳa), ფარმაცია (parmacia)
German: Pharmazie (de) f
Greek: φαρμακευτική (el) f (farmakeftikí)
Hebrew: רוֹקְחוּת (he) f (rokkhút)
Hungarian: gyógyszerészet (hu), farmakológia (hu)
Icelandic: lyfjafræði f
Indonesian: farmasi (id)
Irish: cógaisíocht f
Italian: farmacia (it) f
Japanese: 薬学 (ja) (やくがく, yakugaku), 薬理学 (ja) (やくりがく, yakurigaku), 薬剤学 (やくざいがく, yakuzaigaku)
Kazakh: фармацевтика (farmasevtika)
Korean: 약학(藥學) (ko) (yakhak), 약리학(藥理學) (ko) (yangnihak), 조제학(調劑學) (jojehak), 약제학(藥劑學) (yakjehak)
Kyrgyz: фармацевтика (farmatsevtika)
Latvian: farmācija f
Lithuanian: farmacija f
Macedonian: фарма́ција f (farmácija)
Malay: farmaseutik
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: эм зүй (em züj)
Norman: apotiqu'sie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: farmasi m

Nynorsk: farmasi m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: داروسازی (fa) (dârusâzi)
Polish: farmacja (pl) f, farmaceutyka f
Portuguese: farmácia (pt) f
Romanian: farmaceutică f
Russian: фармаци́я (ru) f (farmacíja), фармаце́втика (ru) f (farmacévtika)
Rwanda-Rundi:
Kinyarwanda: farumasi
Scottish Gaelic: lèigheadaireachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фа̀рма̄ција f

Roman: fàrmācija (sh) f
Slovak: farmácia f, lekárnictvo n
Slovene: farmacija (sl) f
Spanish: farmacia (es) f
Swahili: famasia
Swedish: farmaci (sv) c
Tajik: дорусозӣ (dorusozi)
Thai: เภสัชศาสตร์ (pee-sàt-chá-sàat), เภสัชภัณฑ์ (pee-sàt-chá-pan)
Turkish: eczacılık (tr)
Turkmen: farmasewtika
Ukrainian: фармаці́я f (farmacíja), фармаце́втика f (farmacévtyka)
Uyghur: فارماتسىيە (farmatsiye)
Uzbek: farmatsevtika (uz)
Vietnamese: dược khoa, dược học (vi)
Walloon: farmaçreye (wa) f
Welsh: fferylliaeth m or f

occupation of a pharmacist

Afrikaans: apteker (af)
Arabic: صَيْدَلَة f (ṣaydala)
Belarusian: фармацэ́ўтыка f (farmacéŭtyka)
Catalan: farmàcia (ca) f
Estonian: farmatseut, proviisor, apteeker (et)
Finnish: farmasia (fi)
Greek: φαρμακοποιία (el) f (farmakopoiía), φαρμακευτική (el) f (farmakeftikí)
Hebrew: רוֹקֵחַ (he) m (rokeah')
Indonesian: apoteker (id), farmasis
Irish: poitigéireacht f
Italian: farmacia (it) f
Japanese: 薬剤師 (ja) (やくざいし, yakuzaishi)
Korean: 약제사(藥劑師) (ko) (yakjesa)
Macedonian: фарма́ција f (farmácija)
Norman: apotiqu'sie f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: داروساز (fa) (dârusâz), دُکْتُرِ داروساز (doktor-e dârusâz)
Polish: aptekarstwo (pl) n
Russian: фармаце́втика (ru) f (farmacévtika), фармаци́я (ru) f (farmacíja)
Ukrainian: фармаце́втика f (farmacévtyka)