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Pharmacist   /fˈɑrməsɪst/   Listen
Pharmacist

noun
1.
A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs.  Synonyms: apothecary, chemist, druggist, pill pusher, pill roller.






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"Pharmacist" Quotes from Famous Books



... day in court. There was one judge in the archipelago and one doctor, and they were the same, being united in the august person of M. L'Hermier des Plantes, who was also the pharmacist. The jolly governor, in his twenties, with medical experience in an African army post and in barracks in France, was irked by his judicial and administrative duties, though little troubled by his medical functions, ...
— White Shadows in the South Seas • Frederick O'Brien

... a medic or a pharmacist—a Literate, anyhow—with medicine for Mr. Pelton. He'll ask for you, by name, and mention me. And there'll be another Literate, maybe; he'll know your name, and use ...
— Null-ABC • Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire

... Dr. Rankin, the Evangelist and Pastor Brown held a ten days' mission, resulting in some good cases of conversion, two brothers being among the number, the sons of a Methodist minister, one studying to become a doctor and the other a pharmacist. ...
— The American Missionary -- Volume 48, No. 7, July, 1894 • Various

... the marginal shield fern in outline, but the fronds are thinner, are not evergreen, and the sori are near the midvein. Its use in medicine is of long standing. Its rootstock produces the well-known filix-mas of the pharmacist. This has tonic and astringent properties, but is mainly prescribed as a vermifuge, which is one of the names given to it. In Europe it is regarded as the typical fern, being oftener mentioned and figured than any other. In rocky woods, Canada, ...
— The Fern Lover's Companion - A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada • George Henry Tilton

... is occupied with mixing, percolating, distilling, filtering, and other processes employed in the manufacturing of medicines. Every process is conducted under the watchful care of an experienced chemist and pharmacist, and in the most perfect and orderly manner; the apparatus employed being of the most approved character. Here are manufactured all the various medicinal preparations and compounds prescribed by the Faculty, in ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce



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