The Apothecarion is a Space Marine Chapter's medical and bio-engineering department. Their most important duty is the preservation of the Chapter's gene-seed, the only means by which new Space Marines may be created. The life or death of a Chapter is therefore dependent upon their Apothecarion.

药剂部是星际战士战团的医疗和生物工程部门。他们最重要的职责是保护战团的基因种子，这是创建新的星际战士的唯一途径。因此，一个战团的生死存亡取决于他们的药剂部。

Apothecarion Symbol 药剂部标志

Structure 体系

Each Apothecarion is typically headed by a Chief Apothecary and permanently staffed by a number of Apothecaries. These Apothecaries rarely take to the field of battle themselves. Their primary function is the maintenance of the various bio-vaults, each one containing a gene-seed ready for implantation. These gene-seeds are extensively monitored, with only the healthiest kept, while those showing signs of mutation are removed to avoid further contamination. The Apothecaries are also responsible for screening new Aspirants for any physical deficiencies, before continuing on the process of creating a new Space Marine, and are responsible for maintaining routine medical and surgical duties to ensure the Chapter's warriors are in fighting shape. For accurate record-keeping the Apothecarion will maintain vast memory banks which contain the extensive genetic history of their Chapter.

每个药剂部通常由一名首席药剂师领导，并由多名药剂师常驻。这些药剂师很少亲自前往战场。它们的主要功能是维护各种生物保险库，每个生物保险库都包含一个准备植入的基因种子。这些基因种子受到广泛监测，只保存最健康的种子，而那些有突变迹象的种子则被移除以避免进一步污染。药剂师还负责在继续创建新的星际战士之前，筛查新的有志者是否有任何身体缺陷，并负责维持日常的医疗和手术职责，以确保战团的战士处于战斗状态。为了准确记录，药剂部将维护庞大的记忆库，其中包含其战团的大量遗传历史。

In addition to the Apothecarion's staff, each Company has its own Apothecary. In the field, these Apothecaries are responsible for administering battlefield medical care, including emergency surgery. However, their most important duty is the recovery of the gene-seed from fallen battle-brothers, removing the progenoid organs from their body and returning them to the Apothecarion for the next recruit.

除了药剂部的员工外，每个连队都有自己的药剂师。在战场上，这些药剂师负责管理战场医疗服务，包括紧急手术。然而，他们最重要的职责是从倒下的战友身上回收基因种子，从他们的身体中移除基因存收腺，并将其带回药剂部，以备下一次招募。