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DRUGGIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs

Synonyms:

apothecary; chemist; druggist; pharmacist; pill pusher; pill roller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("druggist" is a kind of...):

caregiver; health care provider; health professional; PCP; primary care provider (a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "druggist"):

pharmaceutical chemist; pharmacologist (someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects))

Derivation:

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

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