pharmacist

«pharmacist» in Mova's school dictionary: A trained person who prepares and sells medicines and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pharmacist, pharmacists)

meaning for a pupil

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

sense 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.

In the corpora

• Most insect bites and stings are not dangerous, even abroad, but a doctor or pharmacist can check one that swells up.
• If you forget a dose, never double up; the leaflet or pharmacist says what to do.
• Some older hay fever tablets (antihistamines) reach the brain and cause sleepiness, and pharmacists can suggest non-drowsy kinds.
• In the UK a pharmacist trains for about five years: a four-year degree and a year of training in a pharmacy.
• Pharmacists can give advice and medicines for many minor illnesses, and they send people to a doctor if something seems more serious.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pharmacist» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.