Chemist
Pronunciation
- enPR: kem'Äst, IPA: /ˈkÉ›mɪst/
Origin
First attested 1562;, from French chimiste, from Medieval Latin chimista for earlier alchimista, from Arabic الكيمياء, from article al- + Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeia, "art of alloying metals"), from χÏμα (khuma, "fluid"), from χυμός (khumos, "juice"), from χÎω (kheÅ, "I pour").
Full definition of chemist
Noun
chemist
(plural chemists)- A person whose occupation specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
- 2013-08-10, A new prescription, As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.
- (chiefly British, NZ) A pharmacist.
- (chiefly British, NZ) A pharmacy.
- (obsolete) An alchemist.
Synonyms
- (pharmacist) apothecary, druggist, pharmacist
- (pharmacy) chemist's British, chemist's shop British, drugstore US, pharmacy especially US