virologist

[ vahy-rol-uh-jist, vi- ]

noun

1. a medical researcher or scientist who studies viruses and the diseases caused by them:

   She worked for several years as a virologist on the dengue fever vaccine development team, devising ways to weaken the virus so it could be incorporated into a vaccine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of virologist¹

virolog(y) ( def ) + -ist ( def )

Example Sentences

“I’m just as tired of this pandemic as everyone else is,” Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security, said in an interview.

From Washington Post

Because virologists say that the pandemic will get worse this winter before vaccines arrive next year, we now have an even higher concern for any senior citizen or person with a co-morbidity.

From Washington Post

As news broke of a successful trial of Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine on Monday morning, the reaction of epidemiologists and virologists came pouring in.

From Fortune

Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University, explained to Rolling Stone why a negative test isn’t a sufficient reason for someone like Pence to not quarantine.

From Vox

On January 13, we published “Mystery China pneumonia outbreak likely caused by new human coronavirus” by Connor Bamford, a virologist at Queen’s University Belfast.

From No Straight News

The Virologist By Andrew Marantz, New Yorker How a young entrepreneur built an empire by repackaging memes.

From The Daily Beast