单词 | biologist |
释义 | biologist (once / 2610 pages) n A biologist is a scientist who focuses on living organisms, including plants and animals. Wildlife biologists might specialize in studying African elephants. Biologists study a wide variety of life forms, from single-celled organisms to primates, and conduct research in many different areas, from the spreading of pathogens to the details of evolution. A marine biologist studies sea creatures and a microbiologist might study algae or bacteria. The word biologist is rooted in the Greek bios, or "life." WORD FAMILYbiologist: biologists+/biological: biologically/biology: biologic, biological, biologies, biologist, microbiology/microbiologist: microbiologists/microbiology: microbiologist USAGE EXAMPLESBut the transmitter eventually detached, likely because of old boat strike scars, so biologists didn’t attach another one. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) During the post-mortem examination, the marine biologist will be trying to establish if the whale's death was caused by humans. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) The biologists say they decided to name the darter after Obama because of his focus on clean energy and environmental protection. Science Magazine(Dec 29, 2016) n (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper life scientist George Wells Beadle United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) Alexis CarrelFrench surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944) Rachel Louise CarsonUnited States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) Max DelbruckUnited States biologist (born in Germany) who studied how viruses infect living cells (1906-1981) Ernst Heinrich HaeckelGerman biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919) Thomas Henry HuxleyEnglish biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895) Sir John Cowdery KendrewEnglish biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917) Thomas Hunt MorganUnited States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945) Louis PasteurFrench chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895) Edgar Douglas AdrianEnglish physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons; 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997) Jean Louis Rodolphe AgassizUnited States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873) Roy Chapman AndrewsUnited States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960) John James AudubonUnited States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851) Sir Joseph BanksEnglish botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820) Sir Frederick Grant BantingCanadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941) Claude BernardFrench physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878) Charles Herbert BestCanadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978) Robert BrownScottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) Sir David BruceAustralian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931) George Washington CarverUnited States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943) Martin ClineAmerican geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934) Ferdinand Julius CohnGerman botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants William CurtisEnglish botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799) Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert CuvierFrench naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832) Charles Robert DarwinEnglish natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) Hugo De VriesDutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935) Sir John Carew EcclesAustralian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997) Paul EhrlichGerman bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915) Willem EinthovenDutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph (1860-1927) Sir Alexander FlemingScottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955) Karl von FrischAustrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982) Luigi GalvaniItalian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798) Konrad von GesnerSwiss naturalist who was one of the founders of modern zoology (1516-1565) Jane GoodallEnglish zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934) Hans C. J. GramDanish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938) Asa GrayUnited States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) John Scott HaldaneScottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936) John Burdon Sanderson HaldaneScottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964) Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von HelmholtzGerman physiologist and physicist (1821-1894) Walter Rudolf HessSwiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973) Hudson HoaglandUnited States physiologist (1899-1982) Alan Lloyd HodgkinEnglish physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998) David HubelUnited States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926) William Henry HudsonEnglish naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922) Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von HumboldtGerman naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859) Andrew Fielding HuxleyEnglish physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917) Antoine Laurent de JussieuFrench botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836) Alfred Charles KinseyUnited States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956) Robert KochGerman bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910) Jean Baptiste de LamarckFrench naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829) Carolus LinnaeusSwedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778) Jacques LoebUnited States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924) Konrad Zacharias LorenzAustrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989) Trofim Denisovich LysenkoSoviet geneticist whose adherence to Lamarck's theory of evolution was favored by Stalin (1898-1976) John James Rickard MacleodScottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935) Gregor MendelAugustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884) Ilya Ilich MetchnikovRussian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916) John MuirUnited States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914) Hermann Joseph MullerUnited States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967) Johannes Peter MullerGerman physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858) Hideyo NoguchiUnited States bacteriologist (born in Japan) who discovered the cause of yellow fever and syphilis (1876-1928) Lorenz OkenfussGerman naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851) Ivan Petrovich PavlovRussian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936) Gregory Goodwin PincusUnited States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967) Johannes Evangelista PurkinjeBohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869) Hans Conrad Julius ReiterGerman bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969) Albert Bruce SabinUnited States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906) Jonas Edward SalkUnited States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914) Matthias SchleidenGerman physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881) Theodor SchwannGerman physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882) Sir Charles Scott SherringtonEnglish physiologist who conducted research on reflex action (1857-1952) Lazzaro SpallanzaniItalian physiologist who disproved the theory of spontaneous generation (1729-1799) Georg Wilhelm StellerGerman naturalist (1709-1746) Jan SwammerdamDutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680) Leo SzilardUnited States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964) Nikolaas TinbergenDutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988) Tonegawa SusumuJapanese molecular biologist noted for his studies of how the immune system produces antibodies (born in 1939) John TradescantEnglish botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638) J. Craig VentnerUnited States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946) Alfred Russel WallaceEnglish naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913) August von WassermannGerman bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925) James Dewey WatsonUnited States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928) Ernst Heinrich WeberGerman physiologist who studied sensory responses to stimuli and is considered the father of psychophysics (1795-1878) August Friedrich Leopold WeismannGerman biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914) Ian WilmutEnglish geneticist who succeeded in cloning a sheep from a cell from an adult ewe (born in 1944) Edward Osborne WilsonUnited States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929) Alexander WilsonScottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813) Alexandre Emile Jean YersinFrench bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943) Hans ZinsserUnited States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940) bacteriologist a biologist who studies bacteria botanist, phytologist, plant scientista biologist specializing in the study of plants cytologista biologist who studies the structure and function of cells ecologista biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment geneticista biologist who specializes in genetics microbiologista specialist in microbiology molecular biologista biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life natural scientist, naturalista biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) neurobiologista specialist in neurobiology physiologista biologist specializing in physiology radiobiologista biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms sociobiologista biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior systematist, taxonomer, taxonomista biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior vivisectionista biologist who cuts open live animals for research animal scientist, zoologista specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals cytogeneticista geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity bug-hunter, bugologist, entomologista zoologist who studies insects ethologista zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats herpetologista zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians ichthyologista zoologist who studies fishes lumpera taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics malacologista zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks mammalogistone skilled in the study of mammals mycologista botanist who specializes in the study of fungi neuroscientista neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain bird watcher, ornithologista zoologist who studies birds pomologistsomeone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees propagatorsomeone who propagates plants (as under glass) protozoologista zoologist who studies protozoans divider, splittera taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics virologista specialist in virology Gray, Louis Harold GrayEnglish radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965) scientist a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences |
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