serologist
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- noun
- /ˌsɪəˈrɑːlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
- Police serologist Fred Zain was indicted in July by West Virginia on three counts of perjury and, four days later, by Texas for perjury, fabricating evidence, and tampering with records.
- forensic serologist
- serologist and DNA analyst
Examples
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A serologist analyzed the blood samples to determine if they contained any pathogens.
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A police serologist falsified evidence against an accused rapist, sending the man to a West Virginia prison for five years.
Academic text (1994) -
Up when West Virginia settled the claim of the man falsely convicted of rape because of serologist Zain's testimony.
Academic text (1994) -
During the trial, the serologist presented evidence regarding the immune response to the introduced substances.
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As a serologist, she focuses on understanding how the immune system reacts to different blood serum components.
Surface Forms
Morphology
serologist = serology (transparent) = sero + logy + ist
The word is formed regularly from 'serology' plus '-ist', so the profession meaning is straightforward for someone who knows the base term.
Etymology
Serologist comes from serum, the 'clear part of blood', and the ending -logist, which means 'a person who studies' and is like the -logy in biology. So a serologist studies blood serum to learn how the body fights infection.