protozoologistn.
/ˌprəʊtəʊzuːˈɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌprəʊtəʊzəʊˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌproʊdoʊˌzuˈɑlədʒəst/, /ˈˌproʊdoʊˌzoʊˈɑlədʒəst/ Biology and Medicine.
An expert or specialist in protozoology.
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protozoologist1906
1906 Nature 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.
1956 New Biol. 21 88 Probably more is known of E. histolytica than of any other amoeba, and what is revealed is..of the greatest interest to protozoologists.
1971 Daily Tel. 18 June 25 (advt.) A Protozoologist..is required to join a team responsible for the maintenance and supply of free living protozoa.
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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