pharmacist
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pharmacist
- /ˈfɑɹməsɪst/
Where it comes from
From pharmacy (“the art of preparing drugs, a drug, especially laxatives”) + -ist.
noun pharmacists
- 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. He has served as a prescriptionist to the leading pharmacists of the old country, and been employed in many of our American cities.
- One who studies pharmacy.
Similar: druggist, chemist, pharmacian, apothecary, pharmacopolist, quack, snake oil salesman, pharmacopole, gallipot
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: apothecary, druggist, pill pusher, chemist, pill roller, pharmacy, drugstore, pharmaceutical, drug, ollapod, physician, medal, provider, pharmacien, dispensing chemist, pharmaceutical chemist
noun
Similar: druggist, chemist, pharmacian, apothecary, pharmacopolist, quack, snake oil salesman, pharmacopole, gallipot
Translations
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noun professional who dispenses prescription drugs
| Español | farmacéutico, farmacéutica, boticario, farmacopola |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 약사 yaksa, 약제사 yakjesa |
| 日本語 | 薬剤師 yakuzaishi, 薬屋 kusuriya |
| 中文 | 藥劑師 /药剂师 yàojìshī, 藥師 /药师 yàoshī |
| हिन्दी | औषधकार auṣadhkār |
| Kiswahili | mfamasia |
| Português | farmacêutico |
| Français | pharmacien, pharmacienne, apothicaire |
| Deutsch | Apotheker, Apothekerin |
| Italiano | farmacista |
| Ελληνικά | φαρμακοποιός farmakopoiós |
| Română | farmacist, farmacistă |
| Русский | фармаце́вт farmacévt, апте́карь aptékarʹ, апте́карша aptékarša |
| Tiếng Việt | dược sĩ, dược sư |
| العربية | صَيْدَلِيّ ṣaydaliyy, صَيْدَلَانِيّ ṣaydalāniyy |
| עברית | רוֹקֵחַ rokéakh |
noun one who studies pharmacy
| Português | farmacêutico |
|---|---|
| Français | pharmacien, pharmacienne |
| Deutsch | Pharmazeut, Pharmazeutin |
| Italiano | farmacista |
| Română | farmacolog, farmacologă |
| Русский | фармаце́вт farmacévt |
| Tiếng Việt | dược sĩ, dược sĩ bào chế |
Talk about this word "pharmacist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pharmacist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pharmacist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pharmacist "pharmacist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pharmacist.Cite this
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title = {pharmacist},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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