“The first synthetic dye, mauve, was prepared in 1856 by the English chemist William Henry Perkin.”
“If you have athlete's foot, you need to go see a chemist and get an antifungal cream, which will clear it up in a jiffy.”
“This is a facility that provides treatment free of cost, but since the injection is not available, the patient's relative has to buy it from the chemist opposite the hospital at his own cost.”
chemistry
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
(countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.