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Ewan Posted 20 years ago
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pharmacy

I'm looking for a word(s) that means pharmacy or medicine. Could anyone help me?
  

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Hi, I'm looking for a word(s) that means pharmacy or medicine. The former means either the preparation of medicine, or the place where that is done. The latter means, well, medicine.

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  • Hi, I'm looking for a word(s) that means pharmacy or medicine.
  • The former means either the preparation of medicine, or the place where that is done.
  • The latter means, well, medicine.
  • In other words, these are not the same type of word, so you won't find one word for both.
  • pharmacy = drugstore.
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Hi,

I'm looking for a word(s) that means pharmacy or medicine. The former means either the preparation of medicine, or the place where that is done. The latter means, well, medicine. In other words, these are not the same type of word, so you won't find one word for both.

pharmacy = drugstore. ( or chemist's, in BrE)

medicine = drugs,
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