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{
"term": "pharmacy",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a shop, or part of one, that sells medicines and drugs",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The cream is available at/from/in pharmacies without a prescription."
},
{
"text": "Research is bringing more effective new drugs to pharmacy shelves."
}
],
"topics": ["Shopping", "Healthcare"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["community", "hospital", "local"],
"pharmacy + noun": ["business", "chain", "counter"],
"phrases": [
"available at pharmacies",
"available from pharmacies",
"available in pharmacies"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a place in a hospital where medicines are prepared",
"examples": [],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["community", "hospital", "local"],
"pharmacy + noun": ["business", "chain", "counter"],
"phrases": [
"available at pharmacies",
"available from pharmacies",
"available in pharmacies"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the study of how to prepare medicines and drugs",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɑːməsi/",
"audio": "ph/pharmacy/pharmacy__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɑːrməsi/",
"audio": "ph/pharmacy/pharmacy__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting the administration of drugs): from Old French farmacie, via medieval Latin from Greek pharmakeia ‘practice of the druggist’, based on pharmakon ‘drug’."
}