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MEDICAL SCIENTIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A scientist who studies disease processes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("medical scientist" is a kind of...):

scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "medical scientist"):

epidemiologist (a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases)

immunologist (a medical scientist who specializes in immunology)

serologist (a medical scientist who specializes in serology)

toxicologist (one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment)

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