pharmacist

[fahr-muh-sist]

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noun

a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.

Also phar·ma·ceu·tist

[fahr-muh-soo-tist] /ˌfɑr məˈsu tɪst/.

Origin of pharmacist

First recorded in 1825–35; pharmac(y) + -ist

Synonyms

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chemist.

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Related Words

pharmacologist apothecary

Examples from the Web for pharmacist

Contemporary Examples

Maurice de Palo, a pharmacist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
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A pharmacist told her the medication was for women—and her identification still listed her as a male.
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But no, they picked a medication that would make every doctor, nurse, and pharmacist in the audience choke on their popcorn.
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A more recent wrinkle is the doctor who prescribes from his own office, cutting out the middleman (read: pharmacist).
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Kent Sepkowitz
March 31, 2014
There is no such thing as a Medicare doctor, hospital, or pharmacist.
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Tom Daschle
August 20, 2012

Historical Examples

I suppose he had to go and learn to be a pharmacist, but—it's hard on me.
Prudence Says So
Ethel Hueston
She did not know what doctor prescribed the medicaments, nor the pharmacist who supplied them.
She Stands Accused
Victor MacClure
Addiction to a drug incapacitates the pharmacist for filling prescriptions.
Habits that Handicap
Charles B. Towns
What then, I repeat, must the pharmacist do to succeed, personally and professionally?
A Librarian's Open Shelf
Arthur E. Bostwick
I do not want the pharmacist to go the way of the book dealers.
A Librarian's Open Shelf
Arthur E. Bostwick

British Dictionary definitions for pharmacist

pharmacist

less commonly pharmaceutist (ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪst)

noun

a person qualified to prepare and dispense drugs

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Word Origin and History for pharmacist

n.

1811; see pharmacy + -ist. Replaced obsolete pharmacian (1720). The Latin word was pharmacopola, the Greek pharmakopoles.

pharmacist in Medicine

pharmacist

(fär′mə-sĭst)

One who prepares and dispenses drugs; a druggist.

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Synonyms

Related Words

Examples from the Web for pharmacist

Contemporary Examples

Maurice de Palo, a pharmacist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

A pharmacist told her the medication was for women—and her identification still listed her as a male.

But no, they picked a medication that would make every doctor, nurse, and pharmacist in the audience choke on their popcorn.

A more recent wrinkle is the doctor who prescribes from his own office, cutting out the middleman (read: pharmacist).

There is no such thing as a Medicare doctor, hospital, or pharmacist.

Historical Examples

I suppose he had to go and learn to be a pharmacist, but—it's hard on me.

She did not know what doctor prescribed the medicaments, nor the pharmacist who supplied them.

Addiction to a drug incapacitates the pharmacist for filling prescriptions.

What then, I repeat, must the pharmacist do to succeed, personally and professionally?

I do not want the pharmacist to go the way of the book dealers.

pharmacist

less commonly pharmaceutist (ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪst)

Word Origin and History for pharmacist

n.

pharmacist

Origin of pharmacist