VIROLOGIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A specialist in virology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("virologist" is a kind of...):

microbiologist (a specialist in microbiology)

Instance hyponyms:

Jonas Edward Salk; Jonas Salk; Salk (United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914))

Derivation:

virology (the branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases)

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