English > life scientist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms. |
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| Synonym | biologist |
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| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
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| Instances | Beadle, George Beadle, George Wells Beadle | United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics / characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) |
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| Carrel, Alexis Carrel | French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944) |
| Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson | United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) |
| Delbruck, Max Delbruck | United States biologist (born in Germany) who studied how viruses infect living cells (1906-1981) |
| Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Haeckel | German biologist and philosopher |
| Huxley, Thomas Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley | English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895) |
| Kendrew, Sir John Cowdery Kendrew | English biologist noted for studies / studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917) |
| Morgan, Thomas Hunt Morgan | United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945) |
| Pasteur, Louis Pasteur | French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895) |
| Narrower | bacteriologist | A biologist who studies bacteria |
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| botanist, phytologist, plant scientist | A biologist specializing in the study of plants |
| cytologist | A biologist who studies the structure and function of cells |
| ecologist | A biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment |
| geneticist | A biologist who specializes in genetics |
| microbiologist | A specialist in microbiology |
| molecular biologist | A biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life |
| naturalist, natural scientist | A biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) |
| neurobiologist | A specialist in neurobiology |
| physiologist | A biologist specializing in physiology |
| radiobiologist | A biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms |
| sociobiologist | A biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior |
| taxonomist, taxonomer, systematist | A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior |
| vivisectionist | A biologist who cuts open live animals for research |
| zoologist, animal scientist | A specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals |
| Broader | scientist | A person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences |
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| Spanish | bióloga, biólogo |
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| Catalan | biòleg |
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| Nouns | life science | any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms |
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