Physiologist
[,fɪzɪ'ɑlədʒɪst]
Definition
(n.) One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.
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Examples
- An eminent physiologist thinks it worth while 'to try and place life on a physical basis. Plato. The Republic.
- Henle, a German physiologist, as early as 1840, maintained the doctrine of _contagium vivum_, or contagion by the transmission of living germs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was the only experimental physiologist before the time of Harvey. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- No physiologist doubts that a stomach by being adapted to digest vegetable matter alone, or flesh alone, draws most nutriment from these substances. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Observe, Mr. Blake, before you begin, that I am now referring you to one of the greatest of English physiologists. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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