n, pl  -cies  1  :  the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs  2 a  :  a place where medicines are compounded or dispensed <a hospital >   b  :  DRUGSTORE 1  3  :  PHARMACOPOEIA 2 .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  vermes or Ver·mes  ver·mis 
 
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