apothecary

Meaning

1. (archaic, dated) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
2. (archaic, historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
3. (uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.

Synonyms

chemist

pharmacist

druggist

pharmacy

drugstore

pharmaceutical chemist

dispensing chemist

pill pusher

pill roller

chemist's shop

medical man

chemist’s shop

dispensary

doctor

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drug store

apothecaries

medicamentarius

pharmaceutist

chemist's

Translations

apotheker

pharmacien

farmacista

farmacéutico

Apotheker

φαρμακοποιός

farmacêutico

boticario

farmaceut

farmacia

apothicaire

apotheek

farmacèutic

speziale

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɒθəkəɹi/

Etymology

From Old French apotecaire (whence French apothicaire), from Medieval Latin apothecarius (“storekeeper”), from Latin apotheca (“(originally) repository, storehouse, warehouse; (later) shop, store”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “a repository, storehouse”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”), literally “a place where things are put away”. Doublet of boutique and bodega.