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chemist

noun

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Definition of chemist

British

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 Cosmetic chemist Perry Romanowski told Allure that much of the skincare evidence comes from lab studies where PDRN is applied straight to cells. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026 Cosmetic chemist Perry Romanowski told Allure that much of the skincare evidence comes from lab studies where PDRN is applied directly to cells. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 And amid several recent incidents of mold in cosmetics, many chemists are growing concerned about the weakness of preservative systems found in some beauty products today. — Tracy Middleton, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026 Founded by Scripps chemist Peter Schultz, Wildcat built a high-throughput system that tests thousands of battery materials in parallel. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chemist

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Alongside her scientifically credible poisoning scenarios, numerous doctors and pharmacists appear in Christie’s novels — sometimes as victims, other times as murderers — showing how her early brushes with the world of medicine never left her mind.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
The new policy allows some licensed pharmacists to produce compounds made up of multiple peptides—provided that those peptides are made by registered manufacturers.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

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