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parasitologist

parasitologist

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A scientist who studies small living things that live in or on other animals, including people, and may cause disease
  • noun
  • /ˌpærəˈsaɪtəˌlɒdʒɪst/
  • Specialized
: parasitólogo
  • A multidisciplinary team of scientists that includes Hoberg and other parasitologists and vertebrate biologists is working to unravel the coevolutionary history of this host and parasite.

The old school parasitologist right now, everyone does these gut tests that have to be sent out and it's something called PCRPCR misses.

Examples

  • The water quality working group knew firsthand about one prime source of information on cryptosporidium: ARS parasitologist Ronald Fayer.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The old school parasitologist right now, everyone does these gut tests that have to be sent out and it's something called PCRPCR misses.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • His research has earned him the H.B. Ward Medal from the American Society of Parasitologists.

    Academic text (1996)

  • He is one of just a handful of U.S. systematic parasitologists who look at parasite geographical distributions and co-evolution.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Dr. Amin, a parasitologist in Phoenix, AZ, states his findings on Morgellons are due to the toxic compounds of dental sealants and dental work.

    Blog text (8)

  • Later in the show, a parasitologist at Columbia University discussed the feats of parasites, such as treating asthma, and converting southerners into unproductive and lazy beings.

    Blog text (34)

  • A renowned parasitologist, Dr. O'Leary, presented her groundbreaking findings on malaria at the conference.

  • In her lab, the parasitologist analyzed how parasites affect the health of their animal hosts.

  • Students in the biology program are eager to learn from the experienced parasitologist who has written multiple research papers on the topic.

Surface Forms

parasitologist singular
parasitologists plural

Morphology

parasitologist = parasitology (semi-transparent) = parasit + ology + ist

Adding '-ist' to 'parasitology' straightforwardly yields a person who studies that field.

Etymology

Parasitologist comes from parasite, a Greek word for someone who ate at another person's table, made of para- 'beside' and sitos 'food', and the ending -ologist, like in biologist, means 'one who studies'. So a parasitologist is a scientist who studies parasites, living things that live on or in other animals or people.