pharmacy

Everyday

1. A pharmacy is a shop or part of a shop where medicines are sold and prescriptions are given out. tree →
2. Pharmacy is the study and job of preparing medicines. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life it is where you take a doctor's prescription. In the UK it is also «chemist's», in the US «drugstore». In safety lessons: only take medicine from a pharmacy with an adult's help, and follow the label. Phrases: «the pharmacy counter», «study pharmacy».

Examples

• Mum went to the pharmacy to pick up my medicine. tree →
• The pharmacy is next to the supermarket. tree →
• Ask at the pharmacy about cough medicine. tree →
• She studied pharmacy at university. tree →
• The pharmacy is open late on Thursdays. tree →
• In the UK we call it the chemist's. tree →
• The pharmacist works in the pharmacy. tree →
• Take your prescription to any pharmacy. tree →

Note

Plural: pharmacies. «ph» says «f»: FAR-ma-see. A person who works there is a pharmacist. «Chemist» in UK can mean the shop or a pharmacist; in US «chemist» means a scientist.