| 单词 | pathologist |
| 释义 | pathologist (once / 9760 pages) n A student who is fascinated with the causes of disease and death might decide to go to medical school and become a pathologist. A medical doctor who performs autopsies to learn how patients died is a pathologist. Other pathologists trace illness back to their root causes, or diagnose diseases such as cancer. When a doctor decides to to become a pathologist, her field is called "pathology." The Greek root of both words is pathologikos, "treating of disease," which combines pathos, "suffering," with logia, "study, or the study of." WORD FAMILYpathologist: pathologists+/pathological: pathologically/pathology: pathologic, pathological, pathologies, pathologist USAGE EXAMPLESShe was a grumpy, skeptical woman, and the reason I wanted to be a forensic pathologist for most of my early adolescence. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) A pathologist determined the cause of death to be a shot to the stomach, causing heavy blood loss. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) In October, Ramsey sued a forensic pathologist featured on the show who said he bludgeoned his sister to death. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) n a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper diagnostician Sir Howard Walter Florey British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968) Karl LandsteinerUnited States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943) Sir James PagetEnglish pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899) Francis Peyton RousUnited States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970) Rudolf Karl VirchowGerman pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902) aetiologist, etiologist a specialist in the etiology of diseases medical specialist, specialist practices one branch of medicine |
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