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pill pusher
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  pill pusher - a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugsapothecary, druggist, pharmacist, pill roller, chemistcaregiver, health care provider, health professional, PCP, primary care provider - a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disabilitypharmaceutical chemist, pharmacologist - someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects) |
pill pusher
pill pusherslang Someone, especially a medical doctor, who is authorized to prescribe medication. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Being a psychiatrist is about a whole lot more than being a pill pusher—medication should be the very last resort when treating a patient. You shouldn't go to some pill pusher every time you have a cough. You're body doesn't need all those drugs in it.See also: pill, pusherpill-pusher and pill-roller and pill-peddler n. a nickname for a physician. I went to the infirmary, but the pill-pusher wasn’t in. The lousy pill-roller just gave me some aspirin. pill pusher
Synonyms for pill pushernoun a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugsSynonyms- apothecary
- druggist
- pharmacist
- pill roller
- chemist
Related Words- caregiver
- health care provider
- health professional
- PCP
- primary care provider
- pharmaceutical chemist
- pharmacologist
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