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PHARMACOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pharmacologist mean? 

PHARMACOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun PHARMACOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)play

  Familiarity information: PHARMACOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHARMACOLOGIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

pharmaceutical chemist; pharmacologist

Hypernyms ("pharmacologist" is a kind of...):

apothecary; chemist; druggist; pharmacist; pill pusher; pill roller (a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs)

Instance hyponyms:

Loewi; Otto Loewi (United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961))

Derivation:

pharmacology (the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects)


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