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apothecary
(encz) | apothecary,lékárník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Apothecary
(gcide) | 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.]
1. One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for
medicinal purposes; a druggist; a pharmacist.
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Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class
of practitioners, licensed to prescribe medicine -- 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.
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2. A drugstore; a store where medicines are sold.
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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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apothecary
(wn) | apothecary
n 1: a health professional trained in the art of preparing and
dispensing drugs [syn: pharmacist, druggist, chemist,
apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller] |
apothecary
(devil) | APOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor
and grave worm's provider.
When Jove sent blessings to all men that are,
And Mercury conveyed them in a jar,
That friend of tricksters introduced by stealth
Disease for the apothecary's health,
Whose gratitude impelled him to proclaim:
"My deadliest drug shall bear my patron's name!"
G.J.
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apothecary
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Surgeon apothecary
(gcide) | Surgeon \Sur"geon\, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr.
chirurgien. See Chirurgeon.]
1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or
injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose
occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as
wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual
operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes
of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have
one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base
of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish,
lancet fish, and sea surgeon.
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Surgeon apothecary, one who unites the practice of surgery
with that of the apothecary. --Dunglison.
Surgeon dentist, a dental surgeon; a dentist.
Surgeon fish. See def. 2, above.
Surgeon general.
(a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical
department.
(b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the
chief of the medical department.
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apothecary
(wn) | apothecary
n 1: a health professional trained in the art of preparing and
dispensing drugs [syn: pharmacist, druggist, chemist,
apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller] |
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