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Bacteriologist

//bækˌtɪəɹiˈɒlədʒɪst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A microbiologist whose speciality is bacteriology.

    "'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera – the cholera germ.'"

  2. 2
    a biologist who studies bacteria wordnet

Etymology

From bacterio- + -logist.

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