parasitologistn.
/ˌparəsᵻˈtɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌparəsʌɪˈtɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrəsəˈtɑlədʒəst/, /ˈˌpɛrəˌsaɪˈtɑlədʒəst/ A person who studies parasites; a specialist in parasitology.
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zoophytist1814
zoophytologist1835
parasitologist1862
pathobiologist1888
planktologist1891
protistologist1907
planktonologist1913
1862 T. S. Cobbold in Intellectual Observer No. 1. 30 It affords the parasitologist a ready mode of ascertaining to what genus the entozoon belongs.
1946 Liberty 25 May 84/2 Dr. Thompson, the parasitologist,..discovered by examining his spinal fluid that the child had torula meningitis.
1991 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 Dec. 18/2 Medical parasitologist Dr Paul Prociv has been using himself as a guineapig, deliberately infecting himself with dog hookworms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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