Pharmacist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfɑɹməsɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pharmacist is a noun meaning (pharmacy, academic) One who studies pharmacy.
Meaning
(pharmacy, academic) One who studies pharmacy.
More Meanings
- (pharmacy) A health professional who controls, formulates, preserves, and dispenses medications and provides medical advice and counseling on how medicines should be used in order to achieve maximum benefit, and minimal side effects in order to avoid drug interactions.
Example Sentences
By Admir, pharmacist by profession and hobby dronist by passion.
He has served as a prescriptionist to the leading pharmacists of the old country, and been employed in many of our American cities.
Word Forms
- pharmacists
Synonyms for pharmacist
Depending on context, synonyms include druggist, chemist, pharmacian, apothecary, pharmacopolist, quack.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include apothecary, druggist, chemist, pharmacy, drugstore, pharmaceutical.
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