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noun
A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Synonym of pharmacist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, Nigeria, UK
Qualifier: Ghana
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Synonyms: pharmacist
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noun
Synonym of pharmacy, especially as a standalone shop or general store.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK
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Synonyms: pharmacy
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noun
An alchemist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
a scientist who specializes in chemistry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: scientist
Narrower terms: biochemist, nuclear chemist, radiochemist, phytochemist, Arrhenius, Svante August Arrhenius, Berzelius, Jons Jakob Berzelius, Black, Joseph Black, Boyle, Robert Boyle, Buchner, Eduard Buchner, Bunsen, Robert Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, Calvin, Melvin Calvin, Carothers, Wallace Carothers, Wallace Hume Carothers, Carver, George Washington Carver, Cavendish, Henry Cavendish, Crookes, William Crookes, Sir William Crookes, Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska, Curl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr., Dalton, John Dalton, Davy, Humphrey Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy, Dewar, Sir James Dewar, Eigen, Manfred Eigen, Erlenmeyer, Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer, Faraday, Michael Faraday, Fischer, Emil Hermann Fischer, Hans Fischer, Flory, Paul John Flory, Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Gibbs, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Haber, Fritz Haber, Hahn, Otto Hahn, Hall, Charles Martin Hall, Hassel, Odd Hassel, Henry, William Henry, Hevesy, George Charles Hevesy de Hevesy, Heyrovsky, Joroslav Heyrovsky, Hodgkin, Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin, Hoffmann, Roald Hoffmann, August Wilhelm von Hoffmann, Kekule, Friedrich August Kekule, Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, Klaproth, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Kroto, Harold Kroto, Harold W. Kroto, Sir Harold Walter Kroto, Kuhn, Richard Kuhn, Langmuir, Irving Langmuir, Lavoisier, Antoine Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, le Chatelier, Henry le Chatelier, Libby, Willard Frank Libby, Lipscomb, William Nunn Lipscom Jr., Mendeleyev, Mendeleev, Dmitri Mendeleyev, Dmitri Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Morley, E. W. Morley, Edward Morley, Edward Williams Morley, Mosander, Carl Gustaf Mossander, Muller, Paul Hermann Muller, Natta, Giulio Natta, Nernst, Walther Hermann Nernst, Nobel, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Onsager, Lars Onsager, Ostwald, Wilhelm Ostwald, Pasteur, Louis Pasteur, Pauling, Linus Pauling, Linus Carl Pauling, Priestley, Joseph Priestley, Reichstein, Tadeus Reichstein, Roberts, Richard J. Roberts, Richard John Roberts, Robinson, Robert Robinson, Sir Robert Robinson, Rutherford, Daniel Rutherford, Scheele, Karl Scheele, Karl Wilhelm Scheele, Schonbein, Christian Schonbein, Christian Friedrich Schonbein, Seaborg, Glenn T. Seaborg, Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Smalley, Richard Smalley, Richard E. Smalley, Richard Errett Smalley, Soddy, Frederick Soddy, Solvay, Ernest Solvay, Sorensen, Soren Peter Lauritz Sorensen, Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus Todd, Lord Todd, Urey, Harold Urey, Harold Clayton Urey, Wilkinson, Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, Windaus, Adolf Windaus, Wollaston, William Hyde Wollaston, Woodward, Bob Woodward, Robert Woodward, Robert Burns Woodward, Ziegler, Karl Waldemar Ziegler, Zsigmondy, Richard Adolph Zsigmondy
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, apothecary, 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
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist First attested 1562, borrowed from French chimiste, from Medieval Latin chimista, from earlier alchimista (literally “alchemist”), from Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), with article اَلْ (al-) + Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “fluid”), from χυμός (khumós, “juice”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”). The pronunciation with initial /k/ is based on the Graeco-Latin etymology rather than on the French word, where the pronunciation with /ʃ/ is based on native French orthography. As a synonym for pharmacy, a metonymous use of the proprietor to stand for their shop.
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