Толковый словарь английского языка - 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 the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs, 2. a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed, drugstore, pharmacopoeia 2