Medicine & BodyGreek → English
Pharmacy
The preparation and dispensing of medicines.
The Greek roots
φάρμακον
phármakon
drug, remedy
Literally: “the craft of remedies”
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The story of the word
Tellingly, phármakon meant both remedy and poison — the dose makes the difference.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
The pharmacy on the corner stays open late.