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Protologist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A specialist in diseases of the colon and rectum.

    "The fifth speaker was sure it was none of these, but due to rectal irritation, vaso-motor reflex and advised divulsion of the sphincter. He was a protologist."

  2. 2
    The first person to describe a new species.

    "The allotype need not be described by the protologist (first describer) ; it can be contained in the original as well as in any subsequent description by other authors."

Etymology

From protology + -ist.

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