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physiologist|fɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪst|
[f. physiology + -ist. Cf. F. physiologiste (1757 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
†1. A natural philosopher; a naturalist; = physiologer 1. Obs.
1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 72 The Physiologist also may gather something from the former Observations, touching the nature of Colours. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iii. 31 Socrates..perceiving how much his Predecessors, Thales &c. (who were generally Physiologists) had abused Physics. 1797Monthly Mag. III. 50 Priestley, Black, Cavendish, and Macbride, had opened to physiologists a sort of new creation. 1827R. P. Ward De Vere viii. (ed. 2) 145 Questions..which as they seem to depend upon a particular sort of air, we must leave to physiologists.
2. One versed in animal (or vegetable) physiology; a student or teacher of the science of the functions and properties of organic bodies.
1778A. Reid Inquiry Suppress. Urine (M.), The most skilful anatomist and physiologist. 1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxv. 312 This distinguished surgeon and physiologist has done more than all who preceded him to illustrate his subject. 1881J. S. Burdon-Sanderson in Nature 8 Sept. 440/2 The subjects of experiment used by the two last-mentioned physiologists were themselves; the work done was the mountain ascent from Interlaken to the summit of the Faulhorn. |