| chemist | 1. A specialist or expert in chemistry. 2. Pharmacist (British). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| shop | 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc, are sold by retail. "From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter." (Cowper) 2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop. "A tailor called me in his shop." (Shak) Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop-window, etc. To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession. To talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. Synonym: Store, warehouse. See Store. Origin: OE. Shoppe, schoppe, AS. Sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. Schup a shed, G. Schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. Scopf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| shop typhus | A mild form of typhus occurring in urban areas, reported in Mediterranean areas. Synonym: urban typhus. Siberian tick typhus, tick-borne rickettsiosis caused by infection with Rickettsia sibirica. (05 Mar 2000) |