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nosologist

nosologist noun: one who studies diseases.

Noun

nosologist (plural nosologists)

  1. One who studies diseases.
    • Disagreeing with Iowa’s nosologist, Ms. Petersen says the lethal consequences of overprescribed or misprescribed drugs are too readily accepted as “natural” death.2008 March 17, Janet Maslin, “The Case for Another Drug War, Against Pharmaceutical Marketers’ Dirty Tactics”, in New York Times

Forms of nosologist

pluralnosologists

Origin of nosologist

From nosology + -ist.

Questions about nosologist

What does nosologist mean?
Nosologist means one who studies diseases.
What part of speech is nosologist?
Nosologist is a noun.
What is the plural of nosologist?
The plural of nosologist is nosologists.

Words near nosologist in the dictionary

  1. nosography
  2. nosologic
  3. nosological
  4. nosologically
  5. nosologies
  6. nosologist
  7. nosologists
  8. nosology
  9. nosomania
  10. nosonomy
  11. nosoparasite

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