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noun
Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dated
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Synonyms: pharmacist
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, historical
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Synonyms: pharmacy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pill pusher, pill roller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: health professional, primary care provider, PCP, health care provider, caregiver
Narrower terms: pharmacologist, pharmaceutical chemist
History
From Old French apotecaire (whence French apothicaire), from Medieval Latin apothecarius (“storekeeper”), from Latin apotheca (“(originally) repository, storehouse, warehouse; (later) shop, store”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “a repository, storehouse”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”), literally “a place where things are put away”. Doublet of apotheke, boutique, and bodega.
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