pharmacist

Everyday

A trained person who prepares and sells medicines and explains how to take them safely. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life you see a pharmacist at a pharmacy, a chemist's (UK, Ireland, Australia) or drugstore (US). In health and safety lessons pupils learn to take medicine only as a doctor or pharmacist says. Phrases: ask your pharmacist, the local pharmacist.

Examples

• The pharmacist gave Mum the medicine the doctor ordered. tree →
• Ask the pharmacist if you are not sure how much to take. tree →
• The pharmacist told me to take one tablet three times a day. tree →
• My aunt is a pharmacist at the hospital. tree →
• The pharmacist explained that the medicine might make me sleepy. tree →
• Pharmacists study for many years. tree →

Note

Countable: a pharmacist. UK and Ireland also say chemist for the person and the shop. The «ph» sounds like f. Pharmacy is the shop or the subject. In maths dose problems, a pharmacist's instruction like «every 8 hours» means 3 times in a day.