medicine

Japanese: medicamentarius
medicine

... In Japan, where the separation of medical and pharmaceutical functions was not implemented thoroughly, the proportion of prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies is low, so although there are some differences in the range of drugs that can be sold, there are things that pharmacies and drug dealers have in common in terms of "drug sales," and it is generally difficult to distinguish them from the outside. Pharmaceuticals [Tatsuno Takashi]
[Western]
Already in the Greek and Roman era, the Latin terms apotheca and medicamentarius were used to mean a warehouse or store that handled drugs. Apotheca comes from the Greek apotheke (meaning "to keep in reserve"), and later became the word for a pharmacy or drug store, such as the German apotheke, the French apothicaire, and the English apothecary.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "medicamentarius" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 医薬分業の実施が不徹底であった日本においては,薬局における処方調剤の割合が低いために,販売しうる薬の範囲に若干の相違はあるものの,〈医薬品販売〉という面では薬局も薬種商も共通のものがあり,外見上は一般には区別しにくい。医薬品【辰野 高司】
[西洋]
 ギリシア・ローマ時代にすでに薬物を扱う倉庫あるいは商店を意味する言葉としてアポテカapotheca,メディカメンタリウスmedicamentariusというラテン語の用語があった。アポテカはギリシア語のアポテケapothēkē(〈予備に取っておくこと〉の意)に由来し,ドイツ語のアポテケApotheke,フランス語のアポティケールapothicaire,英語のアポセカリーapothecaryといった後世の薬店,薬局を指す言葉となった。…

※「medicamentarius」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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