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compounder

compounder

1 7.6
A person who measures and mixes medicines in a pharmacy
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒmpaʊndər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : farmacéutico
  • The compounder carefully mixed the ingredients to ensure the medicine was effective and safe.

Examples

  • Would the VALID Act greatly affect what you do as a compounder?

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  • Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every sheet, they either combine to make a chemical compounder stand alone as they are.

  • In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a portion of a law that prohibited compounders from advertising their products under free speech concerns.

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  • The complaints were investigated by the Board of Registration in Pharmacy, which inspected the compounder and worked with it to improve practices, the paper added.

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  • According to The Huffington Post, the FDA is, in fact, required to regulate the ingredients and their suppliers, but not the compounders, which are subject to a patchwork of state oversight.

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  • As a skilled compounder, she was responsible for creating customized medications for patients.

  • In her role as a compounder, he prepared various chemical solutions for the pharmacy.

Synonyms

pharmacist
vscompounder
100 3.0

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

focuses mainly on mixing and preparing substances for use
chemist
vscompounder
  • UK
17 2.8

A person who makes and sells medicines in a pharmacy

is more about mixing substances than about retail sales or licensing
druggist
vscompounder
  • Archaic
5 4.4

A person who makes and sells medicines in a pharmacy

focuses more on mixing and preparing substances than selling or advising
pharmaceutical chemist
vscompounder
5.8

A scientist who studies and creates medicines to treat illnesses

focuses on hands-on mixing and preparing rather than research

Surface Forms

compounder singular
compounders plural

Morphology

compounder = compound (transparent) = compound + er

Standard agent-noun formed from the verb 'compound' meaning 'to mix or prepare substances', so the role is directly predictable.

Etymology

Compounder comes from the word compound, which means 'to put together' or 'mix'. So a compounder is someone who carefully mixes medicines or chemicals.