pharmacy
noun
the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
pharmacies
-
pluralof pharmacy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A proposed state Senate bill would prohibit them in supermarkets and pharmacies in New York, where a poll found that 64% of New Yorkers think the labels would push up the cost of groceries.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Today, it offers a wide range of health and wellbeing services as well as prescriptions and vaccinations through its in-store pharmacies.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Some people are getting prescriptions for peptides that come from compounded pharmacies, which make customized versions of medications that aren’t FDA approved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Compounding pharmacies are pharmacies, you can’t get a drug without a prescription, certainly not a sterile injectable drug.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Baba and Rahim Khan built a wildly successful carpet-exporting business, two pharmacies, and a restaurant.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
