Definition

1. Noun:
   • Pharmacist: A healthcare professional licensed to prepare, dispense, and provide advice on prescription medications, ensuring their safe and effective use. A pharmacist typically works in a community pharmacy or hospital.
   • Chemist (primarily UK English): A person qualified to dispense and advise on medicinal drugs; synonymous with 'pharmacist'. Also, a person who owns or works in a shop selling medicines and other goods.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Dược sĩ tại hiệu thuốc đã giải thích cách dùng thuốc cho tôi. (The pharmacist at the drugstore explained how to use the medicine to me.)
  • Cô ấy học sáu năm để trở thành một dược sĩ. (She studied for six years to become a pharmacist.)
  • Anh ấy là dược sĩ chính tại bệnh viện trung ương. (He is the chief pharmacist at the central hospital.)

Advanced Usage

• "Dược sĩ lâm sàng": Clinical Pharmacist. A pharmacist who works directly with doctors and patients in a hospital or clinic to optimize medication therapy.
  • Dược sĩ lâm sàng tham gia vào việc lập kế hoạch điều trị cho bệnh nhân. (The clinical pharmacist participates in planning the patient's treatment.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dược (n): Medicine, pharmaceuticals.

  • Công ty dược (Pharmaceutical company).

• Hiệu thuốc / Nhà thuốc (n): Pharmacy, chemist's shop.

  • Tôi cần đến hiệu thuốc để mua thuốc. (I need to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine.)

Synonyms

• Pharmacist: The standard term for a medication expert.
• Chemist: Common term in British English.
• Apothecary (archaic): A historical term for a person who prepared and sold medicines.

Related Terms and Phrases

• Kê đơn: To prescribe (done by a doctor).
• Bán thuốc theo đơn: To dispense prescription medication.
• Tư vấn thuốc: To provide medication counseling.

noun

1. pharmeacist; chermist