virologist
IPA: vɪrˈɑɫʌdʒɪst
noun
- (virology) A scientist or doctor who studies or specializes in viruses.
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Examples of "virologist" in Sentences
- The New Yorker once called virologist Nathan Wolfe "the world's most prominent virus hunter."
- Dr. Luc Montagnier, the French virologist who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the AIDS virus, has surprised the scientific community with his strong support for homeopathic medicine.
- My opinion, informed by current reports, the behavior of past influenza epidemics, and my knowledge and experience as a virologist, is that while this is potentially serious, there is no cause for alarm.
- Asked about parents who choose not to vaccinate their children against HPV, the virologist Nathan Wolfe, author of the new book "The Viral Storm," told me: "Basically the decision to not vaccinate risks not only cancer for their kids but cancer for anyone their kids have sex with."
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