apothecary
nounHow to pronounce apothecary:
Definition of apothecary:
- apothecary (noun):
- one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes
- a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs.
Synonyms for apothecary:
caregiver
chemist
dispenser
druggist
health care provider
health professional
pcp
pharmaceutical chemist
pharmacist
pharmacologist
pill pusher
pill roller
primary care provider
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- everybody
- temporarily
- examinations
- examination
- considerable
- inconsistency
- echeveria
- anthocyanin
- compassionate
- communication
- camaraderie
- creativity
- grammatically
- Brobdingnagian
- amanuensis
- philophobia
- gastroenteritis
- permeability
- continuity
- overachiever
- supplementary
- anemometer
- eighty eighty three
- piña colada
- militaristic
- perpetuity
- introductory
- congressional
- inconsolable
- edification
- contralateral
- problem-oriented
- intrinsically
- infuriated
- indispensable
- somnambulation
- destinatio
- ostentatious
- excruciating
- homophobia
- deliberation
- interdependence
- heterogeneous
- gynecology
- Hawaiian
- Elefteria
- nasalization
- isolatable
- gentlemanliness
- potentiality
- … more
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