Inflected forms: pl. a·poth·e·car·ies 1. One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines; a pharmacist. 2. See pharmacy (sense 2).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English apotecarie, from Old French apotecaire and from Medieval Latin apothcrius, both from Late Latin, clerk, from Latin apothca, storehouse, from Greek apothk : apo-, away; see apo– + thk, receptacle; see dh- in Appendix I.
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