malariologist
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- noun
- /məˌlɛrɪˈɒlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
- A malariologist conducted research on how malaria spreads in tropical regions.
Examples
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Giemsa-stained blood smears were read in each center by a trained malariologist.
Academic text (2013) -
The Australian Military Mission in Washington, D.C. was the main avenue of contact for the United States with the Australian malariologist.
Academic text (1994) -
Each village has a malariologist who provides information on preventing malaria.
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The malariologist presented her findings at the international health conference.
Surface Forms
Morphology
malariologist = malariology (semi-transparent) = malari + ology + ist
The immediate base 'malariology' is a regular discipline noun, and adding '-ist' transparently yields a person associated with that field.
Etymology
The word malariologist comes from malaria, which itself comes from Italian mala 'bad' and aria 'air' because people once thought 'bad air' caused the disease. The ending -ologist means 'someone who studies', as in biologist, so a malariologist is a scientist who studies malaria.