Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person trained in pharmacy and licensed to practice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist or apothecary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pharmacy A professional who dispenses prescription drugs in a
hospital orretail pharmacy . - noun pharmacy, academic One who studies
pharmacy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
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Examples
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You discussed how the pharmacist is the last line of defense against getting a wrong medication.
Archive 2005-01-01 2005
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It's absurd that these people have decided to be pharmacists, then turn around and saying being a pharmacist is against their religion.
12/01/2005 2005
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You discussed how the pharmacist is the last line of defense against getting a wrong medication.
Medpundit 2005
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There's a certain pharmacist I had a run in with who makes an appearance in The Fault Tree.
Light and Shade 2008
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What if the next nearest pharmacist is in the next town, and the person in question has neither the car nor money for a ride required to get it?
Waldo Jaquith - Kroger: Our employees have to do their job. 2007
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Now, the job of a pharmacist is to do one thing: to provide the medications that have been prescribed by doctors.
Waldo Jaquith - Kroger: Our employees have to do their job. 2007
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An Illinois pharmacist is suing because he doesn't want to have to fill prescriptions provided by a doctor that he disapproves of.
06/12/2005 2005
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However, it's quite clear except to the most obtuse that a pharmacist is not empowered by any statute or code of ethics to intervene between a doctor and a patient in the treatment through the legal prescription of medicine.
October 2005 2005
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Being a pharmacist is not just about counting pills.
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"I called a pharmacist friend first thing this morning," Chenney announced.
The Other Daughter Gardner, Lisa 1999
socktopus commented on the word pharmacist
(n): a skinny dude playing rock and roll
February 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word pharmacist
"Trust me, I'm a pharmacist."
A pharmacist showing a healthy disrespect for doctors.
February 17, 2008
oroboros commented on the word pharmacist
Farm helper?
May 5, 2010