noun
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a shop selling medicines, cosmetics, etc
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a qualified dispenser of prescribed medicines
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a person studying, trained in, or engaged in chemistry
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an obsolete word for alchemist
Other Word Forms
- nonchemist noun
Etymology
Origin of chemist
First recorded in 1555–65; from Greek chēm(ía) (also chēmeía, chymeía ) “art of alloying metals; alchemy” + -ist; replacing chymist, from Medieval Latin alchimista; alchemist ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Seeing plastic waste in such a natural setting stopped the Rutgers chemist in his tracks and set his mind racing.
From Science Daily
"It was intolerable. You can't really concentrate, you're sweating, you feel sick. I stumbled into the chemists next door to the hotel, then collapsed."
From BBC
MIT chemists have produced verticillin A in the lab for the first time.
From Science Daily
According to the investigation, a Malaysian man served as storekeeper and assistant chemist, with two other locals acting as his trusted aides.
From Barron's
In 1933, analytical chemist Alfred Lucas, who worked with Carter's team, carried out a limited chemical study of the vessels.
From Science Daily
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