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chemist

  • noun
  • kem'ĭst

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

Other meanings

  1. especially as a standalone shop or general store.

Related words

  • inorganic chemist
  • organic chemist
  • chemist shop
  • chemistical
  • cosmochemist
  • glycochemist
  • histochemist
  • immunochemist
  • nonchemist
  • petrochemist
  • physicochemist
  • physiochemist

Word history

From Ancient Greek "χυμεία" (art of alloying metals).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “chemist” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.