Definition of PHARMACIST

pharmacist

Meanings

Plural: pharmacists

Noun

  • a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
  • A health professional who controls, formulates, preserves, and dispenses medications and provides medical advice and counseling on how medicines should be used in order to achieve maximum benefit, and minimal side effects in order to avoid drug interactions.
  • One who studies pharmacy.

Origin / Etymology

From pharmacy (“the art of preparing drugs, a drug, especially laxatives”) + -ist.

Synonyms

apothecary, chemist, druggist, gallipot, pharmacian, pharmacopole, pharmacopolist, pill pusher, pill roller, quack, snake oil salesman

Scrabble Score: 19

pharmacist is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pharmacist is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pharmacist is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

pharmacist is a valid Words With Friends word