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    PHARMACOLOGIST

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)play

    Synonyms:

    pharmaceutical chemist; pharmacologist

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

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

    apothecary; chemist; druggist; pharmacist; pill pusher; pill roller (a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Loewi; Otto Loewi (United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961))

    Derivation:

    pharmacology (the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects)

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