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protistology|prəʊtɪˈstɒlədʒɪ|
[f. protist, Protista n. pl. + -ology.]
The study of organisms included in the Protista. Hence protiˈstologist, one who studies protists.
1911J. A. Thomson Introd. Sci. iv. 110 It might also be convenient to have a special science of Protistology for the minute and simple organisms which seem to hesitate between plant and animal life. 1911Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. LVI. 396 Cytologists and protistologists alike have been content..with assuming that the Bacteria are a group of simple organisms. 1926C. M. Wenyon Protozool. I. i. 4 It is safer to regard them all as one large group, the Protista, the study of which is known as Protistology. 1951John o' London's Weekly 17 Aug. 501/2 A scholar..may spend his days at the microscope and read only treatises on protistology. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. vi. 61 The disappearance of pigments in Euglena placed in darkness is a common occurrence, well known to protistologists. 1973Microscopy XXXII. 325 He [sc. Georges Deflandre]..was soon deep in studies of protistology (the biology of unicellular organisms). |