physiologist

[ fiz-ee-ol-uh-jist ]

noun

1. a specialist in physiology.

Word History and Origins

Origin of physiologist¹

First recorded in 1655–65; physiolog(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

Fact check: Sir Robert Edwards, a British physiologist, developed in-vitro fertilization in the 1970s, winning the Nobel prize for his research in 2010.

From Salon

You have to put in the work to do the work, says Dr. Lyndon Joseph, an exercise physiologist and a program officer at the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health.

From Los Angeles Times

In a study published earlier this year in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Olympic runner–turned–exercise physiologist Shalaya Kipp set out to quantify the effect of that irritation on performance.

From Slate

“It’s been the busiest year ever,” said Dan Bergland, a sports physiologist with HYPO2, a sports management organization that helps arrange training camps in Flagstaff for national teams and individual international athletes.

From Los Angeles Times

The Mexican capital is 349 feet higher than Flagstaff and physiologist Jack Daniels convinced the four men that northern Arizona was the best place to both test out Niskanen’s theory and explore the effects of thin air on runners.

From Los Angeles Times