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pharmacologist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌfɑɹməˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A student of pharmacology; one versed in the science of pharmacology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pharmaceutical chemist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller

Narrower terms: Loewi, Otto Loewi

History

Etymology

From pharmacology + -ist. * Audio (Southern England): (file)

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: farmakoloog — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Armenian: դեղագետ (deġaget) — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Catalan: farmacòleg — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藥理學家 /药理学家 (yàolǐxuéjiā) — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Czech: farmakolog — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Dutch: farmacoloog — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Dutch: farmacologe — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Finnish: farmakologi — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • French: pharmacologue — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • German: Pharmakologe — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • German: Pharmakologin — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Indonesian: farmakolog — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Italian: farmacologo — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Italian: farmacologa — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Japanese: 薬理学者 (yakurigakusha) — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Māori: mātanga taka rongoā — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Polish: farmakolog — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Portuguese: farmacologista — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Portuguese: farmacólogo — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Romanian: farmacolog — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Romanian: farmacologă — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Russian: фармако́лог (farmakólog) — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Serbo-Croatian: фармако̀лог — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Serbo-Croatian: фармаколо̀гиња — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Serbo-Croatian: farmakòlog — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Serbo-Croatian: farmakològinja — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Spanish: farmacólogo — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Spanish: farmacóloga — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Swedish: farmakolog — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
  • Turkish: farmakolog — student of or one who is versed in pharmacology
Real reading context

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