noun
1 ( BrE ) person who prepares and sells medicines ⇨ See also druggist
ADJECTIVE
▪ local
▪ dispensing
PHRASES
▪ chemist's shop , the chemist's
▪
I've just got to go to the chemist's.
2 specialist in chemistry
ADJECTIVE
▪ distinguished
▪ government , industrial
▪ analytical , research
▪ inorganic , organic
▪ medicinal ( esp. AmE ), physical