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RESEARCHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A scientist who devotes himself to doing research
Synonyms:
investigator; research worker; researcher
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("researcher" is a kind of...):
scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "researcher"):
experimenter (a research worker who conducts experiments)
boffin ((British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research)
fieldworker (a researcher who works in the field)
post doc; postdoc (a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree)
Derivation:
research (inquire into)
research (attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner)
Context examples:
Phase 0 clinical trials are intended to enable researchers to understand the path of the drug in the body and its efficacy.
(Phase 0 Trial, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical researchers may also do research on how health care practices affect health and disease.
(Clinical researcher, NCI Dictionary)
Researchers don't fully understand how acupuncture works.
(Acupuncture, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
Researchers study the medical and lifestyle histories of the people in each group to learn what factors may be associated with the disease or condition.
(Case-control study, NCI Dictionary)
However, researchers do not know how safe many CAM treatments are or how well they work.
(Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
They can be coated with molecules such as antibodies that will bind to proteins and other substances of interest to researchers and clinicians.
(Nanowire, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Nearly 80 percent of AHRQ's budget is awarded as grants and contracts to researchers at universities and other research institutions across the country.
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers say Zealandia may have broken off from the supercontinent Gondwana between 60 and 85 million years ago, according to the Guardian newspaper.
(Researchers Argue for Eighth Continent: Zealandia, VOA)
The researchers analyzed a database of 515 mammal communities across the globe, collecting data on traits such as body size and diet and evolutionary relationships.
(Connecting the prehistoric past to the global future, National Science Foundation)
The ACSB provides qualified researchers with tissue, cell, blood and fluid specimens, as well as clinical data from patients with HIV-related malignancies.
(AIDS and Cancer Specimen Bank, NCI Thesaurus)
