Phär'ma-çy, n.

n. [Fr. pharmacie, It. & Sp. farmacia, Gr. φαρμακεία, from φαρμακεύειν, to administer or use medicines, from φάρμακον, medicine.] The art or practice of preparing, preserving, and compounding substances, for the purposes of medicine; the occupation of an apothecary.