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Definitions for apothecary
əˈpɒθ əˌkɛr iapothe·ca·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary, pill pusher, pill rollernoun
a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
GCIDE
Apothecarynoun
A drugstore; a store where medicines are sold.
Wiktionary
apothecarynoun
A person who makes and provides/sells drugs and/or medicines.
apothecarynoun
A drugstore or pharmacy.
apothecarynoun
Supplies for spells, especially herbal ones or spells
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Apothecarynoun
A man whose employment it is to keep medicines for sale.
Etymology: apotheca, Lat. a repository.
Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. William Shakespeare, King Lear.
They have no other doctor but the sun and the fresh air, and that such an one, as never sends them to the apothecary. South.
Wand’ring in the dark,
Physicians, for the tree, have found the bark;
They, lab’ring for relief of human kind,
With sharpen’d sight some remedies may find;
Th’ apothecary-train is wholly blind. John Dryden, Fab.
Wikipedia
Apothecary
Apothecary () is an archaic English term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica (medicine) to physicians, surgeons, and patients. The modern terms 'pharmacist' and 'chemist' (British English) have taken over this role. In some languages and regions, "apothecary" is not archaic and has become those languages' term for "pharmacy" or a pharmacist who owns one. Apothecaries' investigation of herbal and chemical ingredients was a precursor to the modern sciences of chemistry and pharmacology.In addition to dispensing herbs and medicine, apothecaries offered general medical advice and a range of services that are now performed by other specialist practitioners, such as surgeons and obstetricians. Apothecary shops sold ingredients and the medicines they prepared wholesale to other medical practitioners, as well as dispensing them to patients. In 17th-century England, they also controlled the trade in tobacco which was imported as a medicine.
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apothecary
An apothecary is a professional or business that prepared and sold medicines and drugs in historical times. They were knowledgeable in the physical properties and uses of various plants and substances for medicinal purposes. The term is now largely obsolete, replaced by modern terms like pharmacist or chemist. However, it may still be used to refer to a person who compounds and dispenses natural/herbal remedies.
Webster Dictionary
Apothecarynoun
one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes
Etymology: [OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. to put away; from + to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See Thesis.]
Wikidata
Apothecary
Apothecary is a historical name for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica to physicians, surgeons and patients — a role now served by a pharmacist and some caregivers. In addition to pharmacy responsibilities, the apothecary offered general medical advice and a range of services that are now performed solely by other specialist practitioners, such as surgery and midwifery. Apothecaries often operated through a retail shop which, in addition to ingredients for medicines, sold tobacco and patent medicines. In its investigation of herbal and chemical ingredients, the work of an apothecary may be regarded as a precursor of the modern sciences of chemistry and pharmacology, prior to the formulation of the scientific method.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Apothecary
a-poth′ek-ar-i, n. one who prepares and sells drugs for medicinal purposes—a term long since substituted by druggist, although still a legal description for licentiates of the Apothecaries' Society of London, or of the Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland. [Through Fr. and L. from Gr. apothēkē, a storehouse—apo, away, and tithe-nai, to place.]
Etymology and Origins
Apothecary
The old name for a dispenser of medicines. The Greek word really implies a storehouse or depository; it is compounded out of apo, to put away, and theke, chest, box. Differing from modern chemists and druggists, licentiates of the Apothecaries’ Company may visit the sick and prescribe for them, as well as make up physicians’ prescriptions.
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The numerical value of apothecary in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
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The numerical value of apothecary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of apothecary in a Sentence
The certain prospect of death could sweeten every life with a precious and fragrant drop of levity- and now you strange apothecary souls have turned it into an ill-tasting drop of poison that makes the whole of life repulsive.
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- صيدليةArabic
- lékárníkCzech
- apotekerDanish
- ApothekerGerman
- φαρμακοποιόςGreek
- apotekistoEsperanto
- boticarioSpanish
- پرستارPersian
- apteekkiFinnish
- apothicaireFrench
- apothecaryIrish
- अत्तारHindi
- farmacistaItalian
- רוֹקֵחַHebrew
- 薬剤師Japanese
- 약종상Korean
- pigmentumLatin
- apotheekDutch
- apotekerNorwegian
- aptekarzPolish
- apothecaryPortuguese
- spițerRomanian
- аптекарьRussian
- apotekareSwedish
- معافیUrdu
- 药剂师Chinese
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