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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apothecary \A*poth"e*ca*ry\, n.; pl {Apothecaries}. [OE. apotecarie fr LL apothecarius fr L. apotheca storehouse, Gr apo, fr ? to put away ? from + ? to put: cf F. apothicaire OF apotecaire See {Thesis}.] One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners -- a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist. {Apothecaries' weight}, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See {Troy weight}.
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