Pharmacy vs. Pharmaceutical — What's the Difference?

Pharmacy is the clinical health science that links medical science with chemistry and it is charged with the discovery, production, disposal, safe and effective use, and control of medications and drugs. The practice of pharmacy requires excellent knowledge of drugs, their mechanism of action, side effects, interactions, mobility and toxicity.

Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

A shop or hospital dispensary where medicinal drugs are prepared or sold

A pharmaceutical product or preparation.

The art of preparing and dispensing medical drugs.

Of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

A place where medical drugs are prepared, dispensed, or sold. Also called apothecary.

A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.

A place where prescription drugs are dispensed; a dispensary.

Drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment

The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.

Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists;

The occupation of a pharmacist.

Of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment

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.

A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.

The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,

A retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold