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pharmacist

[ fahr-muh-sist ]

/ ˈfɑr mə sɪst /

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noun

a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.

Also phar·ma·ceu·tist

[fahr-muh-soo-tist] /ˌfɑr məˈsu tɪst/.

Origin of pharmacist

First recorded in 1825–35; pharmac(y) + -ist

SYNONYMS FOR pharmacist

chemist.

SEE SYNONYMS FOR pharmacist ON THESAURUS.COM

Words nearby pharmacist

pharm.d., pharm.m., pharma, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutics, pharmacist, pharmaco-, pharmacodiagnosis, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics

Example sentences from the Web for pharmacist

Maurice de Palo, a pharmacist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

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A pharmacist told her the medication was for women—and her identification still listed her as a male.

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But no, they picked a medication that would make every doctor, nurse, and pharmacist in the audience choke on their popcorn.

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A more recent wrinkle is the doctor who prescribes from his own office, cutting out the middleman (read: pharmacist).

New Study Says Doctors Can’t “Just Say No” to Their Patients |Kent Sepkowitz |March 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

There is no such thing as a Medicare doctor, hospital, or pharmacist.

Paul Ryan’s Medicare Misconceptions |Tom Daschle |August 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
At the request of his father-in-law Helene had gone to get a bottle of violet syrup from the pharmacist.

She Stands Accused |Victor MacClure
In repeating these statistics he reproduced with an ironical exactness the tone of self-congratulation of the pharmacist.

Home Fires in France |Dorothy Canfield
His grandfather was a pharmacist and his father a physician of more than usual scholarship.

Major Prophets of To-Day |Edwin E. Slosson
One pharmacist, for instance, plans to move within the next five years.

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What then, I repeat, must the pharmacist do to succeed, personally and professionally?

A Librarian's Open Shelf |Arthur E. Bostwick

British Dictionary definitions for pharmacist

pharmacist

less commonly pharmaceutist (ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪst)

/ (ˈfɑːməsɪst) /

noun

a person qualified to prepare and dispense drugs

Medical definitions for pharmacist

pharmacist

[ fär′mə-sĭst ]

n.

One who prepares and dispenses drugs; a druggist.