different between pharmacist vs pharmacy

English

Etymology

pharmacy +? -ist

Pronunciation

• enPR: fär'm?s?st, IPA^(key): /?f??m?s?st/

Noun

pharmacist (plural pharmacists)

1. (pharmacy) A professional person trained in preparing, mixing, and dispensing drugs and medicinal preparations and advising the public in their use.
2. (pharmacy, academic) One who studies pharmacy.

Related terms

• pharmacy
• pharmaceutical

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English pharmacy, borrowed from Middle French pharmacie, from Old French farmacie, from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”), from ???????? (phármakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment”), of uncertain but likely Pre-Greek origin.

Attested since late 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: fär'm?s? IPA^(key): /?f??m?si/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??m?si/

Noun

pharmacy (countable and uncountable, plural pharmacies)

1. (countable) A place where prescription drugs are dispensed; a dispensary.
2. (uncountable) The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.
3. (uncountable) The occupation of a pharmacist.

Related terms

• pharmacist
• pharmacology

Translations

See also

• apothecary
• chemist
• drugstore

Further reading

• pharmacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pharmacy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pharmacy at OneLook Dictionary Search