Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - pharmacy

 noun  (plural -cies)  Etymology: Late Latin pharmacia administration of drugs, from Greek pharmakeia, from pharmakeuein to administer drugs, from pharmakon magic charm, poison, drug  Date: 1651  1. the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs  2.  a. a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed  b. drugstore  3. pharmacopoeia 2