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radiobiologist

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ra·di·o·bi·ol·o·gy  (rd--b-l-j)
n.
1. The study of the effects of radiation on living organisms.
2. The use of radioactive tracers to study biological processes.
radi·o·bio·logi·cal (--lj-kl) adj.
radi·o·bi·olo·gist n.
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Noun1.radiobiologist - a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms
biologist, life scientist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms
Louis Harold Gray, Gray - English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
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