Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art of preparing and dispensing drugs.
- noun A place where drugs are sold; a drugstore.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or practice of preparing, preserving, and compounding medicines, and of dispensing them according to the formulæ or prescriptions of medical practitioners.
- noun The occupation of an apothecary or pharmaceutical chemist.
- noun A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; a drug-store; an apothecary's shop.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist.
- noun A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A place where
prescription drugs aredispensed , adispensary . - noun The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics,
pharmaceutical chemistry ,pharmacology ,phytochemistry andforensics . - noun The occupation of a
pharmacist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
- noun the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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As one of the country's largest pharmacy benefits managers PBMs, we provide access to a network of approximately 65,000 pharmacies, including our more than 7,100 CVS/pharmacy® stores that provide unparalleled service and capabilities.
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As one of the country's largest pharmacy benefits managers PBMs, we provide access to a network of more than 64,000 pharmacies, including approximately 7,100 CVS/pharmacy® stores that provide unparalleled service and capabilities.
CVS CAREMARK to Purchase Universal American's Medicare Part D Business - Yahoo! Finance 2011
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As one of the country's largest pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), we provide access to a network of more than 64,000 pharmacies, including approximately 7,000 CVS/pharmacy® stores that provide unparalleled service and capabilities.
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As one of the country's largest pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), we provide access to a network of more than 64,000 pharmacies, including approximately 7,000 CVS/pharmacy® stores that provide unparalleled service and capabilities.
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As one of the country's largest pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), we provide access to a network of more than 64,000 pharmacies, including over 7,000 CVS/pharmacy® stores that provide unparalleled service and capabilities.
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Our main pharmacy is located in central Canada and is regulated closely by Health Canada and provincial pharmacy regulators.
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Our main pharmacy is located in central Canada and is regulated closely by Health Canada and provincial pharmacy regulators.
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Most are filling their scripts once a month at some local chain pharmacy, which is a hug waste of money for them, especially as most are not making much money yet.
How to Pay Less for Birth Control aka TBTAM 2008
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Well, having home delivery from your local pharmacy is a pretty good benefit, Rolly.
Other than your favorite foods, what was the hardest thing to give up when you moved to Mexico? 2009
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Well, having home delivery from your local pharmacy is a pretty good benefit, Rolly.
Other than your favorite foods, what was the hardest thing to give up when you moved to Mexico? 2009
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