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pharmacologist

pharmacologist

3 6.9
A scientist who studies drugs and how they affect the body
  • noun
  • /ˌfɑːr.məˈkɒl.ə.dʒɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : farmacólogo
  • After years of research, the pharmacologist published findings on a breakthrough treatment.
  • behavioral pharmacologist

Examples

  • Published since 1959, the International Review of Neurobiology is a well-known series appealing to neuroscientists, clinicians, psychologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists.

    Blog text (19)
  • The test was done by Paula Bickford, a collaborating pharmacologist with the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

    Academic text (1999)
  • However, I am also a professional pharmacologist engaged in the teaching of medical students.

    Academic text (1990)
  • I was fortunate to be among the second to third generations of behavioral pharmacologists.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Personal reflections of three behavioral pharmacologists provide examples of important influences in the field.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Behavioral pharmacology research grew from the interdisciplinary work of pharmacologists and behavioral scientists.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Clinical scientists continued trials until mid-year, while the synthetic chemists, pharmacologists, and biologists concluded their programs under the board.

    Academic text (1994)
  • I have been very fortunate to work closely with so many creative and thoughtful behavioral pharmacologists and to find a small niche that allowed me to integrate my early neuropharmacology training into human behavioral pharmacology.

    Academic text (2009)
  • As a pharmacologist, she studies how different medications affect the human body.

  • The pharmacologist explained the side effects of the new drug during the seminar.

Synonyms

medical scientist
vspharmacologist
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A scientist who studies illnesses and how to find and treat them

specializes specifically in drugs their composition uses and effects
pharmaceutical chemist
vspharmacologist
5.8

A scientist who studies and creates medicines to treat illnesses

focuses more broadly on drugs including their effects and actions

Surface Forms

Morphology

pharmacologist = pharmacology (semi-transparent) = pharmacology + ist

The relation pharmacology + -ist (= a person who studies or works in that field) is a regular and productive English suffixation.

Etymology

Pharmacologist comes from the Greek word pharmakon meaning 'drug' or 'medicine' and the ending -logist, which means 'one who studies' and shows up in words like biologist and geologist. So a pharmacologist is someone who studies drugs and how they work.