It is generally an Americanism, though some areas of the United States use it to invoke an experience of nostalgic revival and it has been used for a wide variety of businesses while in other areas such as California its use is restricted to licensed pharmacies. Use of the term in the names of businesses varies with time and location. The word in Indonesian is apoteker, which was borrowed from the Dutch apotheker. Likewise, "pharmacy" translates as apotek in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, apteekki in Finnish, apoteka in Bosnian, aptieka in Latvian, апотека ( apoteka) in Serbian, аптека ( apteka) in Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian, Apotheke in German and apteka in Polish. In some languages the term is used to designate a pharmacist/chemist, such as German and Dutch Apotheker, Latvian aptiekārs and Luxembourgish Apdikter. bodega), Medieval Latin apothecarius ("storekeeper"), and eventually Old French apotecaire. The term "apothecary" derives from the Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη ( apothḗkē, "a repository, storehouse") via Latin apotheca ("repository, storehouse, warehouse", cf. 2.1 Apothecary work as gateway to women as healers.In 17th-century England, they also controlled the trade in tobacco which was imported as a medicine. Apothecary shops sold ingredients and the medicines they prepared wholesale to other medical practitioners, as well as dispensing them to patients. In addition to dispensing herbs and medicine, apothecaries offered general medical advice and a range of services that are now performed by other specialist practitioners, such as surgeons and obstetricians. Apothecaries' investigation of herbal and chemical ingredients was a precursor to the modern sciences of chemistry and pharmacology. In some languages and regions, the word "apothecary" is still used to refer to a retail pharmacy or a pharmacist who owns one. The modern chemist (British English) or pharmacist (British and North American English) has taken over this role.
#Apothecary symbols in word 2010 professional
Apothecary ( / ə ˈ p ɒ θ ɪ k ər i/) is a mostly archaic term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica (medicine) to physicians, surgeons, and patients.
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