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PHARMACOPOLA

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or PHARMACOPEUS, an apothecary, or a person who prepares and sells medicines; but this word is rarely used but in the way of ridicule. It is composed of φαρμακευτικόν, medicine, and πωλεῖν, to sell. Hor. Sat. ii. lib. i. ver. 1.