Pharmacon

n. [ OE. fermacie, OF. farmacie, pharmacie, F. pharmacie, Gr. farmakei`a, fr. farmakey`ein to administer or use medicines, fr. fa`rmakon medicine. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop. [ 1913 Webster ]