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A '''pharmacy''' is a store that sells prescription [[drugs]]. In the U.S pharmacies are  commonly called drugstores. The word ''pharmacy'' derives fromthe Greek pharmakeia, via the Old French ''farmacie'', and Medieval Latin ''pharmacia'', which means "use of drugs or medicines". This word derives from ''pharmakeus'' which means "preparer of drugs," which refers to ''pharmakon'' "drug, poison, philter, charm, spell, enchantment."
 
A '''pharmacy''' is a store that sells prescription [[drugs]]. In the U.S pharmacies are  commonly called drugstores. The word ''pharmacy'' derives fromthe Greek pharmakeia, via the Old French ''farmacie'', and Medieval Latin ''pharmacia'', which means "use of drugs or medicines". This word derives from ''pharmakeus'' which means "preparer of drugs," which refers to ''pharmakon'' "drug, poison, philter, charm, spell, enchantment."
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