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PILL PUSHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
Synonyms:
apothecary; chemist; druggist; pharmacist; pill pusher; pill roller
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pill pusher" is a kind of...):
caregiver; health care provider; health professional; PCP; primary care provider (a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pill pusher"):
pharmaceutical chemist; pharmacologist (someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects))