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virologist

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A scientist or doctor who studies or specializes in viruses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences, virology

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a specialist in virology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: microbiologist

Narrower terms: Salk, Jonas Salk, Jonas Edward Salk

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English virology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English virologist From virology + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վիրուսաբան (virusaban) — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Armenian: վիրուսոլոգ (virusolog) — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Catalan: viròleg — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 病毒學家 /病毒学家 (bìngdúxuéjiā) — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Czech: virolog — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Czech: viroložka — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Danish: virolog — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Dutch: viroloog — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Dutch: virologe — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Estonian: viroloog — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • French: virologue — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • French: virologiste — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • German: Virologe — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Greek: ιολόγος (iológos) — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Hebrew: חוקר נגיפים (khokér negifím) — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Hebrew: וירולוג (virológ) — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Hungarian: virológus — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Japanese: ウイルス学者 — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Portuguese: virólogo — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Portuguese: viróloga — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Portuguese: virologista — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Romanian: virolog — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Romanian: virologă — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Russian: вирусо́лог (virusólog) — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Spanish: virólogo — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Spanish: viróloga — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Turkish: virolog — scientist or doctor specializing in virology
  • Vietnamese: nhà vi-rút học — scientist or doctor specializing in virology