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virology|vaɪˈrɒlədʒɪ|
[f. virus + -ology.]
The branch of science concerned with the study of viruses.
1935in Dorland & Miller Med. Dict. (ed. 17) 1502/2. 1937 Ann. Reg. 1936 59 In virology, two discoveries over⁓shadowed all others. 1957New Scientist 9 May 11/1 This will be the first chair in virology in this country, and its creation marks a stage in the development of virology from the young brother of bacteriology to a fully grown science in its own right. 1978H. McLeave Borderline Case x. (1979) 96 She no longer looked like a virology professor but an attractive, seductive woman.
Hence viroˈlogic (chiefly U.S.), -ˈlogical adjs.; viroˈlogically adv.; viˈrologist, a specialist in virology.
1946Nature 14 Sept. 363/1 One of the main objects of the symposium, the finding of common grounds of interest between virologists, bacteriologists, mycologists and geneticists, was fully achieved. 1953S. E. Luria Gen. Virol. p. ix, In spite of many important additions to virological literature, no single volume suitable for class⁓room use has appeared. 1955Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. LXXXIX. 438/1 The Detroit-6 strain fulfills certain criteria..for a useful cell strain for virologic research. 1963Guardian 10 Apr. 20/3 Virologists in the research laboratories at Mill Hill were exploring the possibility that some forms of human cancer may be caused by viruses. 1970Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 3/3 The history of virological research is one of the continual discovery of new viruses or of new facts about old viruses. 1972Arch. Neurol. XXVII. 103 (heading) Herpes simplex encephalitis. The course in five virologically proven cases. 1977M. Sokolinsky tr. Merle's Virility Factor xii. 248 He was a virologist without great clinical experience. 1980Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. CIII. Suppl. No. 18. 24 Virological studies were performed on stools and throat swabs in all patients. 1980Amer. Jrnl. Epidemiol. CXII. 487 There were two virologically confirmed cases with complications. 1983Amer. Jrnl. Veterinary Res. XLIV. 64/1 The serologic and virologic responses of all cattle were monitored for 1 year. |