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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 In an interview with Fox News Digital, Jim LaValle, a clinical pharmacist and metabolic medicine expert based in Texas, said that supplements should be balanced with other medications and medical conditions. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Discuss these or any other dietary supplements with your healthcare provider or pharmacist before adding them to your regimen to optimize your health. — Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2026 Her father, who worked as a pharmacist, was American, the son of Russian Jews; her mother was an immigrant from the Russian Empire whose first language was Yiddish. — Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 Talk to a healthcare provider or local pharmacist with any questions and to schedule vaccinations today. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pharmacist

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Yet, the many physicists and chemists involved in this fundamental research did so purely to find out what makes nature tick.

— Mattanjah de Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
From a chemist’s first search to the perfumer’s modification exploration, there are years and millions of dollars of research before the customer gets wind of anything happening.

— Arabelle Sicardi, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026

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