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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharmacist/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharmacist/#x1)
- Ask the pharmacist if you are not sure how much to take. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharmacist/#x2)
- The pharmacist told me to take one tablet three times a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharmacist/#x3)
- My aunt is a pharmacist at the hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharmacist/#x4)
- The pharmacist explained that the medicine might make me sleepy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharmacist/#x5)
- Pharmacists study for many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharmacist/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/17/)
- [If you forget a dose, never double up; the leaflet or pharmacist says what to do.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/3/)
- [Some older hay fever tablets (antihistamines) reach the brain and cause sleepiness, and pharmacists can suggest non-drowsy kinds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects/12/)
- [In the UK a pharmacist trains for about five years: a four-year degree and a year of training in a pharmacy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/5/)
- [Pharmacists can give advice and medicines for many minor illnesses, and they send people to a doctor if something seems more serious.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pharmacist» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharmacist/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.