chemist's
nounEtymology Clipping of chemist's shop, in the British use of chemist as a synonym for pharmacist.
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Australia, New Zealand, UK Synonym of pharmacy, especially when run as a small standalone shop.
- NHS doctors will only be giving the drug out to people with symptoms and don’t want individuals to try stockpiling the drug themselves. But Tamiflu is available at chemists’ if you can get a private prescription.2005 September 12, Damian Whitworth, “Urban worrier”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2026: