pharmacist
noun
phar·ma·cist
ˈfär-mə-sist 
: a health care professional licensed to engage in pharmacy with duties including dispensing prescription drugs, monitoring drug interactions, administering vaccines, and counseling patients regarding the effects and proper usage of drugs and dietary supplements
Examples of pharmacist in a Sentence
the pharmacist caught an error in the prescription's dosage
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And most of its 1,500 health workers are still active in their roles such as doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
Grice, a pharmacist, was a first-time volunteer, and a relative newcomer to Amarillo.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Using cost data collected from factory supervisors, animal managers, hospital pharmacists and other sources, Boyer developed a model for a hypothetical antivenom, at a final cost of $14,624 per vial.
—Jackie Fortiér, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
Louisiana’s law could also make pharmacists less likely to fill misoprostol prescriptions for people miscarrying at home, or even for non-pregnant patients taking the drug before IUD insertions or diagnostic procedures called hysteroscopies.
—Susan Rinkunas, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
Grice, a pharmacist, was a first-time volunteer, and a relative newcomer to Amarillo.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Using cost data collected from factory supervisors, animal managers, hospital pharmacists and other sources, Boyer developed a model for a hypothetical antivenom, at a final cost of $14,624 per vial.
—Jackie Fortiér, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
Louisiana’s law could also make pharmacists less likely to fill misoprostol prescriptions for people miscarrying at home, or even for non-pregnant patients taking the drug before IUD insertions or diagnostic procedures called hysteroscopies.
—Susan Rinkunas, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Pharmacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pharmacist. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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pharmacist
noun
phar·ma·cist
ˈfär-mə-səst
: one trained in pharmacy
Medical Definition
pharmacist
noun
phar·ma·cist
ˈfär-mə-səst
: a health-care professional licensed to engage in pharmacy with duties including dispensing prescription drugs, monitoring drug interactions, administering vaccines, and counseling patients regarding the effects and proper usage of drugs and dietary supplements
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