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physiologist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who studies or specializes in physiology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

a biologist specializing in physiology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: biologist, life scientist

Narrower terms: Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron Adrian, Banting, F. G. Banting, Sir Frederick Grant Banting, Bernard, Claude Bernard, Best, C. H. Best, Charles Herbert Best, Eccles, John Eccles, Sir John Carew Eccles, Einthoven, Willem Einthoven, Galvani, Luigi Galvani, Haldane, John Haldane, John Scott Haldane, Helmholtz, Hermann von Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Hess, Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess, Hoagland, Hudson Hoagland, Hodgkin, Alan Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Huxley, Andrew Huxley, Andrew Fielding Huxley, Loeb, Jacques Loeb, Macleod, John Macleod, John James Rickard Macleod, Muller, Johannes Peter Muller, Pavlov, Ivan Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Pincus, Gregory Pincus, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Purkinje, Jan Evangelista Purkinje, Johannes Evangelista Purkinje, Schleiden, Matthias Schleiden, M. J. Schleiden, Schwann, Theodor Schwann, Sherrington, Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, Spallanzani, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Weber, E. H. Weber, Ernst Heinrich Weber

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: фізіёлаг (fizijólah) — person
  • Catalan: fisiòleg — person
  • Czech: fyziolog — person
  • Danish: fysiolog — person
  • Dutch: fysioloog — person
  • Dutch: fysiologe — person
  • Esperanto: fiziologo — person
  • Finnish: fysiologi — person
  • Galician: fisiólogo — person
  • German: Physiologe — person
  • German: Physiologin — person
  • Irish: fiseolaí — person
  • Italian: fisiologo — person
  • Italian: fisiologa — person
  • Khmer: អ្នកសរីរវិទ្យា (neak sa’rəy vityie) — person
  • Latvian: fiziologs — person
  • Latvian: fizioloģe — person
  • Occitan: fisiologista — person
  • Polish: fizjolog — person
  • Portuguese: fisiólogo — person
  • Romanian: fiziolog — person
  • Romanian: fiziologă — person
  • Russian: физио́лог (fiziólog) — person
  • Spanish: fisiólogo — person
  • Spanish: fisióloga — person
  • Swedish: fysiolog — person
  • Ukrainian: фізіо́лог (fizióloh) — person