life scientist
English Thesaurus
1. (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | scientist, |
| definition | : | a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | bacteriologist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who studies bacteria (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | cytologist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who studies the structure and function of cells (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | ecologist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | geneticist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who specializes in genetics (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | microbiologist, |
| definition | : | a specialist in microbiology (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | molecular biologist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | natural scientist, naturalist, |
| definition | : | a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | neurobiologist, |
| definition | : | a specialist in neurobiology (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | physiologist, |
| definition | : | a biologist specializing in physiology (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | radiobiologist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sociobiologist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | vivisectionist, |
| definition | : | a biologist who cuts open live animals for research (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | beadle, george beadle, george wells beadle, |
| definition | : | United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | alexis carrel, carrel, |
| definition | : | French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | carson, rachel carson, rachel louise carson, |
| definition | : | United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | delbruck, max delbruck, |
| definition | : | United States biologist (born in Germany) who studied how viruses infect living cells (1906-1981) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ernst heinrich haeckel, haeckel, |
| definition | : | German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | kendrew, sir john cowdery kendrew, |
| definition | : | English biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | morgan, thomas hunt morgan, |
| definition | : | United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | louis pasteur, pasteur, |
| definition | : | French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895) (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | bioscience, life science, |
| definition | : | any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | biology, |
| definition | : | characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms (noun.phenomenon) |
| derivation | : | bioscience, life science, |
| definition | : | any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | biology, |
| definition | : | characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms (noun.phenomenon) |
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