"biologist" | Definition and Related Words

biologist

Noun

(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms (synset 109875036)
referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

is a type of: scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
subtypes:
- bacteriologist - a biologist who studies bacteria
- 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
- natural scientist, naturalist - 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
- systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist - 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
- animal scientist, zoologist - a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals
specific instances:
- beadle, george beadle, george wells beadle - United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
- alexis carrel, 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)
- ernst heinrich haeckel, haeckel - German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)
- huxley, thomas henry huxley, thomas 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 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)
- louis pasteur, pasteur - French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)
same as: life scientist

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