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protozoology|ˌprəʊtəʊzəʊˈɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Protozo-a + -ology.]
That department of zoology, or of pathology, which deals with protozoa, esp. with parasitic disease-producing protozoa.
190419th Cent. Dec. 901 To establish..two new chairs, one for medical protozoology and one for medical helminthology. 1906Q. Rev. Apr. 522 The establishment, by the aid of the Quick bequest, of a chair of protozoology. 1974Nature 3 May 89/3 In former times protozoology was considered to be a suitable subject by which students could be introduced to biology.
Hence ˌprotozooˈlogical a., of or pertaining to protozoology; protozoˈologist, an expert or specialist in protozoology.
1906Nature 29 Nov. 117/2 When the protozoologist has worked out his life-histories and obtained his results, then the medical man steps in and carries off the honey to the medical hive. 1922Daily Mail 17 Nov. 1 (Advt.), Botanical, zoological and protozoological work. 1944L. E. H. Whitby Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 4) vii. 90 The most commonly used preparations in protozoological work are Leishman's stain and Siemsa's stain. 1956New Biol. XXI. 88 Probably more is known of E. histolytica than of any other amoeba, and what is revealed is not only of practical importance to medical science but is of the greatest interest to protozoologists. 1971Daily Tel. 18 June 25 (Advt.), A Protozoologist..is required to join a team responsible for the maintenance and supply of free living protozoa and to assist in the research programme of the Centre. 1972Nature 3 Mar. 44/2 Most of his 500 publications deal with protozoological problems. |