medical scientist
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈsaɪəntɪst/
- Specialized
:
científico médico
- After medical scientists learned in the 1880s that many diseases were spread by micro-organisms, they developed a number of vaccines that were particularly effective in promoting immunity against bacterial diseases.
Examples
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As a medical scientist, she focuses on developing vaccines for viral infections.
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Medical scientists often work for the federal government, at research universities, or in the private sector.
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For some years now, an explanation for the illness has been known to medical scientists.
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We all rely on these medical scientists to produce new treatments for medical illnesses.
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Dr. Gumede is a medical scientist with a PhD in molecular virology.
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Medical scientists play a crucial role in understanding how diseases spread and how to treat them.
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The conference featured several presentations by leading medical scientists on recent breakthroughs in cancer research.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who studies science and does experiments to find new facts
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2.7
A person who studies something carefully to find new information
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3.5
A person who studies living things and how they work
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a scientist who works in medicine' is directly and compositionally derived from 'medical' (relating to medicine) + 'scientist' (a researcher). This regular noun-compounding pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Medical scientist joins the words medical, which is about 'medicine', and scientist, a person who 'studies' things. Picture someone in a lab coat using a microscope to study illness. That's why the term means a scientist who does research into disease, diagnosis, or treatment.