pharmacist

English

Etymology

From pharmacy (“the art of preparing drugs, a drug, especially laxatives”) +‎ -ist. Doublet of pharmacian.

Pronunciation

enPR: fär'məsĭst, IPA^(key): /ˈfɑɹməsɪst/
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Noun

pharmacist (plural pharmacists)

(pharmacy) A health professional who controls, formulates, preserves, and dispenses medications and provides medical advice and counseling on how medicines should be used in order to achieve maximum benefit, and minimal side effects in order to avoid drug interactions.
(pharmacy, academic) One who studies pharmacy.

Synonyms

druggist; chemist (UK); pharmacian (rare, dated); apothecary (historical); pharmacopolist (archaic or historical); quack, snake oil salesman, pharmacopole (pejorative)

Related terms

See pharmacy

Translations

professional who dispenses prescription drugs

Afrikaans: apteker (af)
Arabic: صَيْدَلِيّ‎ m (ṣaydaliyy), صَيْدَلَانِيّ‎ (ṣaydalāniyy)
Armenian: դեղագործ (hy) (dełagorc)
Belarusian: аптэ́кар m (aptékar), аптэ́карка f (aptékarka), фармацэ́ўт m (farmacéŭt)
Bulgarian: фармаце́вт m (farmacévt), аптекар (bg) m (aptekar)
Catalan: farmacèutic (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 藥劑師／药剂师 (zh) (yàojìshī), 藥師／药师 (zh), 藥師／药师 (zh) (yàoshī)
Czech: lékárník (cs) m, farmaceut (cs) m
Danish: apoteker (da) c, farmaceut (da) c, farmakonom (da) c
Dutch: apotheker (nl) m, apothekeres (nl) f
Finnish: apteekkari (fi), proviisori (fi), farmaseutti (fi)
French: pharmacien (fr) m, pharmacienne (fr) f, apothicaire (fr) (obsolete)
Galician: farmacéutico (gl) m
Georgian: ფარმაცევტი (parmacevṭi)
German: Apotheker (de) m, Apothekerin (de) f
Greek: φαρμακοποιός (el) m (farmakopoiós)
Ancient: φαρμακοπώλης m (pharmakopṓlēs)
Hebrew: רוקח‎ (he) (rokeiach)
Hungarian: patikus (hu), gyógyszertári eladó
Icelandic: apótekari m, lyfsali m
Indonesian: apoteker (id), farmasis
Irish: poitigéir m, cógaiseoir m
Italian: farmacista (it) m or f
Japanese: 薬剤師 (ja) (やくざいし, yakuzaishi)
Khmer: ឱសថការី m (aosɑt kaarəy), ឱសថការិនី f (aosɑt kaare’nəy)
Korean: 약사 (ko) (yaksa)
Latin: pharmacopola
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: vaistininkas (lt) m, vaistininkė f
Macedonian: аптека́р m (aptekár), фармаце́вт m (farmacévt)
Maltese: spiżjar m
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: azeeʼ baa nahaniihí
Norman: apotitchi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: farmasøyt m, apoteker (no) m
Nynorsk: apotekar m, farmasøyt m
Persian: داروساز‎ (fa) (dârusâz), داروگر‎ (fa) (dârugar) (archaic)
Polish: aptekarz (pl) m, aptekarka (pl) f
Portuguese: farmacêutico (pt) m
Romanian: farmacist (ro) m, farmacistă (ro) f
Russian: фармаце́вт (ru) m (farmacévt), апте́карь (ru) m (aptékarʹ), апте́карша (ru) f (aptékarša)
Scots: pottinger (obsolete)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: апотекар m
Roman: apotekar (sh) m
Slovak: lekárnik m, farmaceut m
Slovene: lekarnar m, lekarnarka f
Spanish: farmacéutico (es) m, farmacéutica (es) f, boticario (es) m
Swahili: mfamasia
Swedish: apotekare (sv) c
Thai: เภสัชกร (th) (pee-sàt-chá-gɔɔn)
Turkish: eczacı (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎖𐎈 (rqḥ)
Ukrainian: апте́кар (uk) m (aptékar), апте́карка (uk) f (aptékarka)
Vietnamese: dược sĩ (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) pötekan (vo), (♂) hipötekan, (♀) jipötekan (vo), (♂♀) drogan (vo), (♂) hidrogan, (♀) jidrogan
Welsh: fferyllydd (cy) m or f
West Frisian: apoteker m
Yiddish: אַפּטייקער‎ m (apteyker), אַפּטייקערין‎ f (apteykerin)

one who studies pharmacy

Afrikaans: farmaseut
Dutch: farmaceut (nl) m
Finnish: farmasian opiskelija
French: pharmacien (fr) m, pharmacienne (fr) f
German: Pharmazeut m, Pharmazeutin f
Hungarian: gyógyszerész (hu)
Italian: farmacista (it) m or f
Macedonian: фармаце́вт m (farmacévt)
Polish: farmaceuta (pl) m, farmaceutka (pl) f
Portuguese: farmacêutico (pt) m
Romanian: farmacolog (ro) m, farmacologă (ro) f
Russian: фармаце́вт (ru) m (farmacévt)
Vietnamese: dược sĩ (vi), dược sĩ bào chế

References

“pharmacist, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.