The apothecary system is a system of weights used by doctors and pharmacists for medical reasons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apothecaries'_system
Apothecary does not have a root word.
An apothecary is, historically, a person who makes and provides drugs or medicines.
(Here's two different sentences. In one it is used as a noun, in the other an adjective.) "The sick colonist visited the apothecary." "I decorated my bathroom with apothecary jars."
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The English word 'apothecary' means a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs. Basically, a druggist, a chemist, a pharmacist.
What are the key components of the apothecary system?
The symbol for dram in the apothecary system is ʒ.
one grain in the apothecary system is equal to 64.8 mg. however, it is rounded off to 60mg or 65mg
the imperial system. Wasn't it the communist system?? :-)
minim
Yes.
I went to the apothecary for some aspirin.
Apothecary does not have a root word.
I went to the nearest apothecary for an anesthetic for my toothache.
Yes there was apothecary women in colonial times!!
Generally, the monks were the ones who were the apothecary's .
An apothecary is, historically, a person who makes and provides drugs or medicines.