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Topic: NURSES, DOCTORS, ETC

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: apothecarius, from Latin apotheca 'store', from Greek, from apotithenai 'to put away', from apo- ( APOCALYPSE) + tithenai 'to put'

apothecary

 noun
     
a‧poth‧e‧ca‧ry plural apothecaries [countable]
MN someone who mixed and sold medicines in the past
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