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apothecary

apothecary (plural apothecaries)

1. (now historical) A person who makes and provides/sells drugs and/or medicines.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene 3 (First Folio ed.)

     O true Apothecarie!
     Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a ki??e I die.

2. (nonstandard, now historical) A drugstore or pharmacy.
   • 1919, S.A., “Pharmacy in Russia”, in Soviet Russia, volume 1, number 27, page 6:

     The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum.

   • 1998, Karen Holliday Tanner, Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, University of Oklahoma Press (2001), ISBN 978-0-8061-3320-1, pages 205–206:

     He was befriended by a local druggist, Jay Miller, who worked at the apothecary at the corner of Sixth and Harrison Street.

   • 2001, Audrey Horning, “Archeology and the Science of Discovery”, in Barbara Heath et al., Jamestown Archeological Assessment, U.S. National Parks Service, page 31:

     Seeds found in a 1630s refuse-filled clay borrow pit, located near an apothecary, illustrate colonists ^[sic] intense interest in experimenting with the medicinal qualities of New World plants.

Definizione dizionario apothecary

farmacista

farmacia

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