1. The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs: The technique of making medicine and dispensing it is part of the skills needed in pharmacy.
2. The branch of the health sciences dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and proper utilization of drugs: In one division or part of pharmacy, medicines are prepared, preserved, and compounded and are dispensed in agreement with the prescriptions by medical doctors.
3. A place where drugs are sold: A pharmacy can be a shop, for example in a drugstore or in a hospital, where medicine is for sale, and which is sometimes called an "apothecary".