chemist

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chem·ist /ˈkemɪst/ S3 noun [countableC]

2. British EnglishBrEMN someone trained to prepare drugs and medicines, who works in a shop 药剂师 SYN American English pharmacist

3. British EnglishBrE a shop where you can buy medicines, beauty products etc 药房 SYN pharmacy, American English drugstore

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chemist• Natural science managers usually start as a chemist, physicist, biologist, or other natural scientist.• Both are available from Boots, chemists and all good stockists and cost £3.79 each.• The Hair Sets range cost from chemists, supermarkets and stores around the country.• Apparently the Disney studio had several requests from chemists for more information on the subject following the actual spectroscopic determination in 1959.• This operates 7 days a week with graduate chemist cover.• A hydrogeologist and an isotope chemist provided professional advice to the ongoing geothermal resource study.• It will also be on sale in local chemists and department stores.• Friedrich Paneth, a Viennese chemist and keen amateur photographer, was particularly successful with the process.

From Longman Business Dictionary

chemistchem·ist /ˈkemɪst/ (also chemist’s) noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE

shop where you can buy medicines, beauty products etcSYN AmE DRUGSTORE

Origin chemist

(1500-1600) French chimiste, from Modern Latin chimista, from Medieval Latin alchimista “alchemist”, from alchymia; → ALCHEMY

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