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 2023, twenty-five per cent of doctors in Israel were Arab—more than double the level in 2010—as were twenty-seven per cent of nurses and forty-nine per cent of pharmacists. Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025 Forsythe trained as a pharmacist and went on to earn multiple advanced degrees across business and health economics. Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 21 June 2025 Though Peggy and her family — including her mother, Dorothy (Audra McDonald) and her pharmacist father, Arthur (John Douglas Thompson) — had their own storylines, the show never really delved into the world of the well-to-do Black elite who existed at that time. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 June 2025 Magnesium can also help with constipation relief, migraine prevention and PMS symptoms, according to Eleana Quattrocchi, a pharmacist and associate professor of pharmacy practice at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York. Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pharmacist
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chemist
Noun
  • Much of the funds raised in the Series C went toward building the company’s own formulation lab and team of dedicated chemists.
    Simone Melvin, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
  • Inspired by this process, our team of chemists at the Center for Sustainable Photoredox Catalysis, a research center funded by the National Science Foundation, has been working on a system that uses light to power reactions commonly used in the chemical manufacturing industry.
    Amreen Bains, The Conversation, 19 June 2025

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“Pharmacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacist. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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