chemist

British
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 John Rogers, senior author of the study and a physical chemist at Northwestern University, suggests that human trials could take place in two or three years, according to the Agence France-Presse. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025 Together with the chemist Lee Cronin (opens a new tab) of the University of Glasgow, Sara Walker of Arizona State University has devised an alternative set of ideas to describe how complexity arises, called assembly theory. Quanta Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025 Between 2003 and 2011, chemist Annie Dookhan engaged in serious misconduct at a state drug lab that jeopardized the integrity of more than 20,000 cases in eastern Massachusetts. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025 Kelly Dobos is a cosmetic chemist and adjunct professor of cosmetic science at the University of Cincinnati. Sophia Panych, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chemist

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“Chemist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chemist. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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