pharmacist

Definition of pharmacistnext
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 Nurses, doctors and pharmacists, as well as health groups such as the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Cancer Society (ACS), had the broad support of 80 percent or more of respondents. Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 June 2026 That company was founded by a pharmacist in 1898, and Jeremy loves the historic connection between soda fountains and the pharmaceutical business. Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 2 June 2026 While there, per Fashionista, Gordinier met the great-great-granddaughter of the British pharmacist who created the heritage Skinfix healing balm. Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Founders, lawyers, novelists, pharmacists, actresses, a former Secretary of State—is there any single demographic more consistently high-performing? Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pharmacist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmacist
chemist
Noun
  • The system engineers fed that requirement back to the chemists.
    Dr. Samer Taha, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Analytical chemist Emily Jones, who started working at Kodak in 1975, was one of Lambda’s founding members.
    Tamar Carroll, The Conversation, 18 June 2026

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“Pharmacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacist. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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