protistologyn.
/ˌprəʊtɪsˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌproʊdəˈstɑlədʒi/ The branch of biology that deals with protists.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > specific organisms
zoophytography1735
zoophytology1815
parasitology1870
planktology1892
planktonology1896
micrococcologist1902
protistology1903
1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 214 No comprehensive résumé of progress in protistology has appeared in the years that have since elapsed.
1911 J. A. Thomson Introd. Sci. iv. 110 It might also be convenient to have a special science of Protistology for the minute and simple organisms which seem to hesitate between plant and animal life.
1951 John o' London's Weekly 17 Aug. 501/2 A scholar..may spend his days at the microscope and read only treatises on protistology.
1973 Microscopy 32 325 He [sc. Georges Deflandre]..was soon deep in studies of protistology (the biology of unicellular organisms).
1991 Biotech Forum Europe 8 521/1 The course is designed for scientists and technical personnel in the fields of bacteriology, mycology, protistology and virology.
Derivatives
ˌprotiˈstologist n. an expert in or student of protistology.
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the world > life > biology > study > person who studies > [noun] > specific organisms
zoophytist1814
zoophytologist1835
parasitologist1862
pathobiologist1888
planktologist1891
protistologist1907
planktonologist1913
1907 Science Mar. 364/2 Comparative cytologists,..biometricians, thermatologists and protistologists.
1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. vi. 61 The disappearance of pigments in Euglena placed in darkness is a common occurrence, well known to protistologists.
1995 Sci. News 14 Jan. 19/1 The ‘revelation’ that myxozoa are perhaps more closely related to metozoa than it was assumed is not startling to protistologists or protozoologists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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