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culturist

culturist

7.3
A lab worker who grows and studies cells or bacteria
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌltʃərɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cultivador de cultivos
  • The culturist examined the bacterial cultures under a microscope to track their growth.

Examples

  • After months of research, the culturist finally succeeded in cultivating the rare cell line.

  • Before the experiment, the culturist prepared the petri dishes with the necessary nutrients.

  • PHOTO (COLOR): Molecular biologist Caird Rexroad (left) is assisted by fish culturist James Everson while taking tissue samples to be used in developing a genetic map of rainbow trout.

    Academic text (2003)

Surface Forms

culturist singular
culturists plural

Morphology

culturist = culture (transparent) = culture + ist

Formed by the noun 'culture' + the agentive suffix '-ist', so the meaning 'person associated with culture/cultivation' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word culturist comes from the root cult- (seen in culture) and the ending -ist, which means 'one who'. Think of a lab 'culture' as a tiny garden where cells or bacteria are 'grown', so a culturist is someone who grows and cares for those living samples.