{
    "term": "pharmacy",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a shop, or part of one, that sells medicines and drugs",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The cream is available at/from/in pharmacies without a prescription."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Research is bringing more effective new drugs to pharmacy shelves."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping", "Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["community", "hospital", "local"],
                "pharmacy + noun": ["business", "chain", "counter"],
                "phrases": [
                    "available at pharmacies",
                    "available from pharmacies",
                    "available in pharmacies"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a place in a hospital where medicines are prepared",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["community", "hospital", "local"],
                "pharmacy + noun": ["business", "chain", "counter"],
                "phrases": [
                    "available at pharmacies",
                    "available from pharmacies",
                    "available in pharmacies"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the study of how to prepare medicines and drugs",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɑːməsi/",
                "audio": "ph/pharmacy/pharmacy__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɑːrməsi/",
                "audio": "ph/pharmacy/pharmacy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting the administration of drugs): from Old French farmacie, via medieval Latin from Greek pharmakeia ‘practice of the druggist’, based on pharmakon ‘drug’."
}