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chemist

[kem-ist]

noun

  1. a specialist in chemistry.

  2. British.a druggist.

  3. Obsolete.alchemist.



chemist

/ ˈɛɪ /

noun

  1. a shop selling medicines, cosmetics, etc

  2. a qualified dispenser of prescribed medicines

  3. a person studying, trained in, or engaged in chemistry

  4. an obsolete word for alchemist

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  • nonchemist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chemist1

First recorded in 1555–65; from Greek ŧ(í) (also chēmeía, chymeía ) “art of alloying metals; alchemy” + -ist; replacing chymist, from Medieval Latin alchimista; alchemist ( def. )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chemist1

C16: from earlier chimist, from New Latin chimista, shortened from Medieval Latin alchimista alchemist
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These products can all be bought over the counter in your local chemist.

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To address scars, Davis uses treatments invented by Danné Montague-King, a gay man and cosmetic chemist who developed a line of skincare products designed to treat hyperpigmentation from acne scars.

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It found some frustrated NHS patients were taking matters into their own hands, with another patient carrying out their own tooth filling with a kit from the chemist.

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"One diamond-coated dart took 18 months in production and we had chemists involved. But he went on to win a world title with it which was very fulfilling."

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The droplets seen here are referred to as exudates, and contain a plethora of both known and undiscovered secondary metabolites, whose uses are still being determined by fungal chemists. kind of tropes?

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