apothecary : Idioms & Phrases
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apothecaries' ounce
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noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
ounce; troy ounce.
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apothecaries' pound
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noun an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams
troy pound.
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apothecaries' unit
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noun any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces
apothecaries' unit.
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Apothecaries' weight
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noun any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces
apothecaries' unit.
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- the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See
Troy weight .
Webster 1913
apothecary's shop
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noun a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
chemist's shop; drugstore; chemist's; pharmacy.
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Surgeon apothecary
- one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. Dunglison.