Thesaurus results for PHARMACIST

pharmacist

noun

ˈfär-mə-sist

Definition of pharmacist

as in chemist

a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription the pharmacist caught an error in the prescription's dosage

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Recent Examples of pharmacist CoQ10 may also interact with certain medications, including warfarin and statins, so check with a healthcare provider like your pharmacist before taking it. — Sara Hoffman, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2026 His admission comes months after Yusuf, a licensed pharmacist who owned and operated the Broward pharmacy, was convicted at trial of illegally dispensing more than 300,000 oxycodone 30mg pills. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 The panel of outside experts that met in July was selected by Kennedy's health department and included several doctors, pharmacists and consultants who work in the peptide field. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 None of this argues that brands should crowd into the pharmacy, or that a pharmacist’s clinical judgment should be anything other than the pharmacist’s own. — Harshit Jain, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pharmacist

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As plastic in the body breaks down into smaller and smaller bits — known as microplastics and nanoplastics — the potential danger increases, said Wei Min, a Columbia University chemist who co-authored the study.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
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

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