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
That requires a vast support network ranging from doctors and nurses to counselors, pharmacists, lab technicians, data scientists and more.
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Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 15 July 2025
For instance, if a drug is only available as a pill but an elderly patient can't swallow one, a doctor could write a prescription so that a compounding pharmacist could prepare it in liquid form.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 29 July 2025
The Tennessee law allows a pharmacists to dispense the drug to a patient who is 18 years or older as long as the pharmacy has a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement with a physician.
—Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025
In the health care industry, at Kaiser Permanente, the most common job titles for alumni were pharmacists, nurses and project managers.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
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Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 15 July 2025
For instance, if a drug is only available as a pill but an elderly patient can't swallow one, a doctor could write a prescription so that a compounding pharmacist could prepare it in liquid form.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 29 July 2025
The Tennessee law allows a pharmacists to dispense the drug to a patient who is 18 years or older as long as the pharmacy has a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement with a physician.
—Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025
In the health care industry, at Kaiser Permanente, the most common job titles for alumni were pharmacists, nurses and project managers.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacist
chemist
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Every product was determined to have excelled in each category by our editorial team, which is composed of in-house writers and editors as well as contributors—along with special consideration from makeup artists, dermatologists, and cosmetic chemists.—
Allure,
Allure,
8 Aug. 2025
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Her father was an environmental chemist, and her mother was a model.—
Christopher Weber,
Denver Post,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Pharmacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacist. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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