chem

Examples

• All

• " Precidine is made on the big island by Alpha-Chem.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I'm gonna need a CHEM-7, CBC, and a full blood panel.

  Ordinary Angels (2024)

• I remember, back in the days when pharmaceutical companies still brought in chemistry consultants, that we had Professor Nicolau as a consultant for med chem.

  Blog text (17)

• Oh, and I loved how a chem tech would supervise the pouring off of serum into analyzer sample cups by lab aides.

  Blog text (17)

• I need to go to the chem to pick up my prescription.

• The chem is always busy with customers looking for medicine.

Synonyms

D

drugstore

vschem

• US

103 1.0

A shop that sells medicine and everyday items like soap and snacks

is used informally in British speech mainly for medicine-focused shops

P

pharmacist

vschem

100 3.0

A person who makes and gives out medicines and tells people how to use them

is a more informal British word than the professional title for that person

P

pharmacy

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• Specialized

60 3.4

Study and work that involve preparing and giving medicines to people

is an informal British term for the shop rather than the scientific practice

C

chemist

vschem

• UK

17 2.8

A person who makes and sells medicines in a pharmacy

is an informal British word that often names the shop rather than the trained person

A

apothecary

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• Archaic

10 9.9

A person who prepares and sells medicines, especially in the past

is an informal British word used today rather than the historical profession term

D

druggist

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• Archaic

5 4.4

A person who makes and sells medicines in a pharmacy

is an informal British term mainly meaning the shop not the professional

C

chemist's shop

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• UK

1 1.9

A shop that sells medicines and other health items like toiletries

is the informal British term commonly used instead of that full phrase

P

pharm

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• Informal

1 8.1

A shop that sells medicines and fills prescriptions

is the informal British version often used for that same shop

C

chemist's

vschem

• UK

1.3

A shop where you buy medicines and other health items

is an informal British term for that shop or the person there

Compounds

C

chem lab

5 2.3

A room where students do chemistry experiments at school or college

Surface Forms

Etymology