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apothecary 音标拼音: [əp'ɑθək ,ɛri] n. 药剂师,药师 药剂师,药师 apothecary n 1: a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs [ synonym: { pharmacist}, { druggist}, { chemist}, { apothecary}, { pill pusher}, { pill roller}] Apothecary \ A* poth" e* ca* ry\, n.; pl. { Apothecaries}. [ OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. ? to put away; ? from ? to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See { Thesis}.] 1. One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes; a druggist; a pharmacist. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners, licensed to prescribe medicine -- 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A drugstore; a store where medicines are sold. [ PJC] { 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}. [ 1913 Webster] 56 Moby Thesaurus words for " apothecary": antique store, automobile showroom, bookstore, bootery, candy store, chemist, cigar store, clothiers, clothing store, confectionery, dispenser, dress shop, druggist, drugstore, dry goods store, florists, fur salon, furniture store, gallipot, gift shop, haberdashery, hardware store, hat shop, hobby shop, ironmongery, jewelers, jewelry store, leather goods store, liquor store, luggage shop, milliners, novelty shop, package store, pharmaceutist, pharmacist, pharmacy, posologist, saddlery, schlock house, schlock shop, secondhand shop, secondhand store, shoe store, smoke shop, specialty shop, sporting goods store, stationers, stationery store, sweater shop, sweet shop, thrift shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, toy shop, trimming store, used- car lot
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