chemist's

chemist's

(ˈkɛmɪsts)

n

(Commerce) Brit a chemist's shop

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chemist's

– drugstore – pharmacy

1. 'chemist's'

In Britain, a chemist's or chemist is a shop where you can buy medicine, cosmetics, and some household items.

She bought a couple of bottles of vitamin tablets at the chemist's.

He bought the perfume at the chemist in St James's Arcade.

2. 'drugstore'

In the United States, a shop where you can buy medicine and cosmetics is called a drugstore. In some drugstores, you can also buy simple meals and snacks.

3. 'pharmacy'

A pharmacy is the place within a chemist's or drugstore, or within a supermarket or other business, where you can get prescription drugs.

Check in the pharmacy section of the drugstore.

In Britain, a chemist's is often referred to as a pharmacy.

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Noun

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chemist's - a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold apothecary's shop, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy pharmacopoeia - a collection or stock of drugs shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

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