chemist — ozdic

Collocations

7

1

(noun.) person who prepares and sells medicines

ADJ

local | dispensing

PHRASES

chemist's (shop), the chemist's

My mother stopped at the chemist's to pick up her prescription after work.

2

(noun.) specialist in chemistry

ADJ

distinguished, leading | government, industrial | analytical, research | inorganic, organic

Definitions

noun

1

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

It was Oxford now—the matriculation photograph, posed in the stony front quad at Corpus, the pelican on top of the sundial appearing to sit on the head of the lanky, begowned chemist at the centre of the back row.

As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.

2

Synonym of pharmacist.

3

Synonym of pharmacy, especially as a standalone shop or general store.

4

An alchemist.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a health professional trained in the art of preparing and di

pharmacist
druggist
apothecary

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

It was Oxford now—the matriculation photograph, posed in the stony front quad at Corpus, the pelican on top of the sundial appearing to sit on the head of the lanky, begowned chemist at the centre of

Wiktionary

02

As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fi

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03

Two of my friends are researchers; one is a linguist, the other a chemist.

Tatoeba · #252006

04

The duty chemist is open on Sunday morning.

Tatoeba · #462692

05

Johnny was a chemist; now Johnny is no more. For what he thought was water, was H2SO4.

Tatoeba · #810097

06

The young chemist decided to open a pharmacy.

Tatoeba · #1297845

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, chemist is marked as obsolete, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.