bi·ol·o·gy (b - l  -j )n. 1. The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology and all their subdivisions. 2. The life processes or characteristic phenomena of a group or category of living organisms: the biology of viruses. 3. The plant and animal life of a specific area or region. [German Biologie : Greek bio-, bio- + Greek -logi  , -logy.]bi·ol o·gist n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  biologist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organismsbiological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms bacteriologist - a biologist who studies bacteria 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 scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences 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 |
Translations
biologist [baɪˈɒlədʒɪst] N → biólogo/a m/f
biologist [baɪˈɒlədʒɪst] n → biologo/a
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