pharmacist

as in chemist
a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription the pharmacist caught an error in the prescription's dosage

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Recent Examples of pharmacist Before trying a new supplement, Chow recommends checking with your doctor or pharmacist. Sarah Cottone, Health, 24 Feb. 2025 Those included lawyers, detectives and criminal investigators, police and sheriff’s patrol officers, environmental scientists and medical specialists, psychiatrists and pharmacists. William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025 UConn's School of Pharmacy is also offering a program to train pharmacists in the state to prescribe birth control. Landon Mion, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025 Similarly, the Rural Pharmacist Loan Forgiveness program offers pharmacists $26,000 per year under comparable terms. Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pharmacist

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“Pharmacist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacist. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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