allergologist

allergologist

English

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English allergology
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English allergologist

    From allergology + -ist.

    Noun

    allergologist (plural allergologists)

    1. A scientist who studies allergology (the medicine of allergies).
      • 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
        To which the compatibilists replied, This is still totally artificial—choosing when to leap into an abyss or whether to turn left or right in a driving simulator tells us nothing about our free will in choosing between, say, becoming a nudist versus a Buddhist, or becoming an algologist versus an allergologist.
    2. (rare) An allergist (a physician specializing in the treatment of allergies).

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