Other forms: pharmacists
A pharmacist is the professional who prepares and dispenses your medicine. Ask the pharmacist, a community pharmacist, the pharmacist on duty.
It is a degree-level profession with a legal register, and in Britain a pharmacist can advise on minor conditions, check for interactions between drugs and, increasingly, prescribe. Chemist is the everyday British word for both the shop and the person. Note dispensing, which is the formal term for handing over a prescription; and that the green cross is the standard British pharmacy sign.
1nounpharmacistThe professional who prepares and dispenses medicine.
“The pharmacist explained how often to take the tablets and warned me about side effects.”
pharmacist is a health professional.
Also accepted in games: chemist
Ancient Greek
φαρμακεία — the use of drugs
Medieval Latin
pharmacia
Old French
farmacie
Middle French
pharmacie — the art of creating drugs; a drug, especially a laxative
Middle English
pharmacy
English
pharmacy
English, today
pharmacist
Built from
From pharmacy + -ist. pharmacy comes from Middle English pharmacy, borrowed from Middle French pharmacie (“the art of creating drugs; a drug, especially a laxative”), from Old French farmacie, from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (“the use of drugs”), from φάρμακον (“a drug, charm, enchantment”), of uncertain but likely qsb-grc - origin. Attested since late 14th century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA