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Pharmacy :: Pharmacy (n.) The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist..

Compounding :: Compounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compoun.

Decompounding :: Decompounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decompoun.

Druggist :: Druggist (n.) One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary..

Amalgamation :: Amalgamation (n.) The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.

Officinal :: Officinal (a.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

Alligation :: Alligation (n.) A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values..

Mercurification :: Mercurification (n.) The act or process of compounding, or the state of being compounded, with mercury..

Spatula :: Spatula (n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette..

Cookery :: Cookery (n.) The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat..

Synthesis :: Synthesis (n.) Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines..

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