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radiobiologist

radiobiologist

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A person who studies how radiation affects living things
  • noun
  • /ˌreɪdioʊbaɪˈɑlədʒɪst/
  • Specialized
: radiobiólogo
  • The radiobiologist conducted experiments to determine how radiation exposure affects cell division.

Examples

  • One of my favourite scientists, the late Dr. Patricia Durbin, a US radiobiologist, once said, "The scientific method exists to make up for the limitations of intuition."

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  • The conference featured a presentation by a leading radiobiologist on the long-term effects of radiation therapy.

  • As a renowned radiobiologist, she published numerous papers on the impact of radiation on human health.

Surface Forms

radiobiologist singular
radiobiologists plural

Morphology

radiobiologist = biologist (transparent) = radio + biologist

Combines the prefix 'radio-' (relating to radiation) with the recognizable word 'biologist', yielding a clear meaning: a biologist who works with radiation.

Etymology

The word radiobiologist is made of three parts: radio- meaning 'ray' as in radiation, bio- meaning 'life' as in biology, and -logist meaning 'a person who studies'. So a radiobiologist is a scientist who studies how rays or radiation affect living things.