virologist
pronunciation
How to pronounce virologist in British English:
UK [vaɪ'rɒlədʒɪst]
How to pronounce virologist in American English:
US [vaɪ'rɒlədʒɪst]
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- Noun:
- a specialist in virology
Word Origin
- virologist (n.)
- 1946; see virology + -ist.
Example
- 1. Keizo tomonaga , a virologist at osaka university , discovered the borna virus dna by accident .
- 2. In delaying the decision , who appears to have allowed politics to trump science , says virologist albert osterhaus of erasmus medical center in rotterdam .
- 3. " This is the first time anyone has seen a virus particle being born , " said study co-author paul bieniasz , a rockefeller university virologist .
- 4. But because these viruses are more likely to meet in the lungs of an asian chicken farmer than under the nose of a virologist , researchers find it difficult to predict which gene combinations might be the most virulent and contagious .
- 5. Virologist david margolis , who is conducting his own hiv cure studies at the university of north carolina , chapel hill , says many questions remain about the impact of this gene therapy , however .