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apothecary

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As a noun, apothecary means a glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.

Meanings of apothecary

2 meanings

noun

  1. uncommonA glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.

  2. A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugsperson

    Similar: pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pill pusher, pill roller

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.
Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.

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noun: a health professional trained in the art of preparing and…
pharmacistdruggistchemistpill pusherpill roller

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