What's the difference between apothecary and provide?

Apothecary


Definition:

  • (n.) One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) His attorneys allege that the department contracts with the Apothecary Shoppe to provide the drug set to be used in Taylor’s 26 February lethal injection.
  • (2) Obstetrics was held in contempt by professionally educated and registered physicians and apothecaries, however, because of the immodesty and messiness of the work and the long hours involved.
  • (3) The Oklahoma-based compounding pharmacy Apothecary Shoppe agreed last week that it would not supply the pentobarbital for Taylor’s execution, which left Missouri to find a new supplier.
  • (4) In an attempt to upgrade the position, an apothecary from England, with training in chemistry, was hired in 1768.
  • (5) The plot of Emma turns on Frank Churchill's "blunder" in mentioning the likelihood of Mr Perry, the local apothecary, "setting up his carriage".
  • (6) Sketches from the lives of five surgeons (Bonnerme, Giffard, Goupil, Bouchard and Sarrazin), an apothecary (Hébert) and a physician; (Gaultier), are presented to highlight various facets of medical care and the leadership role played by medical practitioners in the development of Canada during that period.
  • (7) Rubenstein said that though it was uncertain how far Louisiana had gone in its dealings with the Apothecary Shoppe, the rules against cross-state distribution of controlled substances without a license were clear.
  • (8) The Apothecary Shoppe of Tulsa will not prepare or provide pentobarbital or any other drug for use in Michael Taylor’s execution, the papers say.
  • (9) Local newspapers revealed that Louisiana has also tried to procure compounded pentobarbital from the Apothecary Shoppe, despite the fact that the pharmacy is not licensed in Louisiana and is therefore not lawfully allowed to distribute in the state.
  • (10) The Apothecary Shoppe has not acknowledged that it supplies a compounded version of pentobarbital to Missouri for use in lethal injections, as Taylor says, and says it can’t because of a Missouri law requiring the identities of those on the state’s execution team to be kept confidential.
  • (11) Last week, the Oklahoma-based Apothecary Shoppe agreed that it would not supply the pentobarbital for Taylor’s execution.
  • (12) Lateral thinking was needed to decipher old signs: Adam and Eve meant a fruiterer; a bugle’s horn, a post office; a unicorn, an apothecary’s; a spotted cat, a perfumer’s (since civet, a fashionable musky perfume, was scraped from the anal glands of African civet cats).
  • (13) As a youth he was an apothecary's apprentice, surrendering his indentures at the age of 18 and entering medical school at the London Hospital.
  • (14) The interior may tick too many modern, bar-design cliches (retro peg-board menu; exposed brick and distressed plasterwork; towering Victorian apothecary-style back bar), but there is no doubting the quality of the beer, nor the sincerity of the staff.
  • (15) Hellman declined to say whether the Apothecary Shoppe sold compounded pentobarbital to states other than Missouri.
  • (16) We have studied publicly available documents – information that any citizen can obtain – and concluded that the Apothecary Shoppe was the source,” Pilate told the Guardian.
  • (17) Mayor's Court interrogatories and depositions in six disputes between apprentices and their surgeon and apothecary masters in London in 1654-1684 are reviewed.
  • (18) The practice of midwifery by men began in the early 17th century in Britain, but attendance at normal labors by medical practitioners, that is, surgeon-apothecaries, did not become common, and then only in urban areas, until 1730.
  • (19) Arch-hypochondriac Mr Woodhouse replies "rather warmly", deeply offended at the suggestion that his apothecary relishes minor ailments: "Mr Perry is extremely concerned when any of us are ill." Yet he is getting a carriage because he has battened on the hypochondriacs of Regency England.
  • (20) In Berne, various decisions were taken early to regulate relations between doctors and apothecaries with a view to protecting public health.

Provide


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
  • (v. t.) To supply; to afford; to contribute.
  • (v. t.) To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.
  • (v. t.) To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
  • (v. t.) To foresee.
  • (v. t.) To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
  • (v. i.) To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child.
  • (v. i.) To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This selective review emphasizes advances in neurochemistry which provide a context for current and future research on neurological and psychiatric disorders encountered in clinical practice.
  • (2) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
  • (3) Parents of subjects at the experimental school were visited at home by a community health worker who provided individualized information on dental services and preventive strategies.
  • (4) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
  • (5) The procedure used in our laboratory was not able to provide accurate determination of the concentrations of these binding forms.
  • (6) It also provides mechanical support for the collateral ligaments during valgus or varus stress of the knee.
  • (7) More research and a national policy to provide optimal nutrition for all pregnant women, including the adolescent, are needed.
  • (8) The present results provide no evidence for a clear morphological substrate for electrotonic transmission in the somatic efferent portion of the primate oculomotor nucleus.
  • (9) Together these observations suggest that cytotactin is an endogenous cell surface modulatory protein and provide a possible mechanism whereby cytotactin may contribute to pattern formation during development, regeneration, tumorigenesis, and wound healing.
  • (10) In this review, we demonstrate that serum creatinine does not provide an adequate estimate of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and contrary to recent teachings, that the slope of the reciprocal of serum creatinine vs time does not permit an accurate assessment of the rate of progression of renal disease.
  • (11) The manufacturers, British Aerospace describe it as a "single-seat, radar equipped, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft, providing comprehensive air defence and ground attack capability".
  • (12) As important providers of health care education, nurses need to be fully informed of the research findings relevant to effective interventions designed to motivate health-related behavior change.
  • (13) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
  • (14) Antral G cells increase in states of achlorhydria in man and animals provided atrophic antral gastritis is absent.
  • (15) Our experience indicates that lateral rhinotomy is a safe, repeatable and cosmetically sound procedure that provides and excellent surgical approach to the nasal cavity and sinuses.
  • (16) Determination of the primary structure for factor V has provided the basis for examination of structure-function relationships.
  • (17) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
  • (18) Providers used the tests significantly more often to evaluate patients with cancer risk factors or for new patients.
  • (19) These results provide evidence that trait selection can change gonadotrophin receptor concentration and the dynamics of hormone secretion during the oestrous cycle of the mouse.
  • (20) Midtrimester abortion by the dilatation and evacuation (D&E) method has generated controversy among health care providers; many authorities insist that this procedure should be performed only by a small group of experts.