as in pharmacist
a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription
let's ask the chemist whether it's safe to take these two drugs together
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Recent Examples of chemist
But still, in some ways — for instance, the roles of perfumers and cosmetic chemists — AI still cannot do the work alone, experts say.
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Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
At a festival in Idaho a few years earlier, Akasha had met a chemist who recrystallized minerals and made Eastern medicine tinctures in his own lab.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
In 2023, three scientists, including an M.I.T. chemist supported by Army grants, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of quantum dots.
—Natalie Proulx, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered LSD, in 1938, suspected that the recipe included ergot, the fungus on which his discovery was based.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
At a festival in Idaho a few years earlier, Akasha had met a chemist who recrystallized minerals and made Eastern medicine tinctures in his own lab.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
In 2023, three scientists, including an M.I.T. chemist supported by Army grants, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of quantum dots.
—Natalie Proulx, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered LSD, in 1938, suspected that the recipe included ergot, the fungus on which his discovery was based.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chemist
pharmacist
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If your pharmacy is closing soon, E. Michael Murphy, an assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at The Ohio State University, encourages being proactive and asking your pharmacist where your prescriptions are being sent and whether that pharmacy has your insurance and medication history.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
3 June 2025
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The physicians discovered that the pharmacist had accidentally given them the wrong substance, the later identification of which led to the development of acetaminophen, or Tylenol.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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“Chemist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chemist. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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