as in pharmacist
a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription
let's ask the chemist whether it's safe to take these two drugs together
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Recent Examples of chemist
Peggy Schott is a chemist, recently retired from Northwestern University.
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
The new pill evolved out of work by University of Minnesota chemist Gunda Georg, who had for years sought a compound that could block sperm production without disrupting hormones.
—Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Linus Pauling was one of the world’s greatest chemists.
—Big Think, 28 Jan. 2026
Carbon-fluorine bonds are usually known by chemists to be non-reactive.
—Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
The new pill evolved out of work by University of Minnesota chemist Gunda Georg, who had for years sought a compound that could block sperm production without disrupting hormones.
—Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Linus Pauling was one of the world’s greatest chemists.
—Big Think, 28 Jan. 2026
Carbon-fluorine bonds are usually known by chemists to be non-reactive.
—Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chemist
pharmacist
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Carter, a pharmacist, has been a political fixture along Georgia’s coast for nearly three decades.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Feb. 2026
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The chalky sweets trace their roots to 19th-century Boston, where pharmacist Oliver Chase invented a machine in 1847 to press sugar lozenges, which led to the founding of the New England Confectionery Company (NECCO), according to National Geographic.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Chemist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chemist. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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