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 Invented by German chemist Fritz Stastny at BASF, the largest chemical producer in the world, EPS is in everything from coffee cups and takeout clamshells to packing peanuts. Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025 Because of the periodic table, chemists got a head start on a lot of ideas. David Szondy august 27, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025 Our legacy traces back 116 years to our founder, Eugène Schueller, a visionary chemist who revolutionized the industry by creating the world’s first non-toxic hair dye. Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2025 More than 240 consumer safety specialists have left across the agency, including nearly 40 workers responsible for safeguarding food, plus about 220 chemists, biologists and toxicologists. ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chemist
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pharmacist
Noun
  • Pharmacies are unable to administer COVID-19 vaccines in Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Mexico, where state laws don't allow any pharmacists to give a vaccination not recommended by ACIP.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That triggered alarm bells for some medical associations, which issued contradictory recommendations, and also sowed confusion among pharmacists and other medical providers about the fall vaccine rollout and insurance coverage for COVID-19 vaccines.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Chemist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chemist. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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