- 1. n. One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. Source: opted
- 2. n. a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs Source: wordnet
- 3. One who class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/prepares">prepares and sells drugs or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/compounds">compounds for medicinal purposes. Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners -- a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist. Apothecaries' weight, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See Troy weight. Source: webster
- 4. One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinalpurposes. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs Source: ecdict
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