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
Water’s metastable states support a theory of phase transitions called Ostwald’s step rule, named for Wilhelm Ostwald, a German physical chemist and a peer of Albert Einstein.
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Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
Lynnea was a veterinarian and Luke was an analytical chemist.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Either way, getting to the uranium will require heavy earth-moving equipment, says Cheryl Rofer, a retired Los Alamos National Laboratory chemist, who participated in nuclear material cleanups in Estonia and Kazakhstan.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
Following Wöhler’s lead, renowned chemist Marcellin Berthelot would synthesize many organic compounds from inorganic substances.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
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Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
Lynnea was a veterinarian and Luke was an analytical chemist.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Either way, getting to the uranium will require heavy earth-moving equipment, says Cheryl Rofer, a retired Los Alamos National Laboratory chemist, who participated in nuclear material cleanups in Estonia and Kazakhstan.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
Following Wöhler’s lead, renowned chemist Marcellin Berthelot would synthesize many organic compounds from inorganic substances.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chemist
pharmacist
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Kaylie, who shares 7-year-old daughter Boe with husband Joe Bushnell, was prescribed eyedrops by a pharmacist, but her eyesight continued to worsen.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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More recent classes include doctoral-level scientists, veterinarians, pharmacists, entomologists, dentists, nurses, and other health professionals.—
Matthew Donahue,
STAT,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Chemist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chemist. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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