bacteriologist

From bacterio- + -logist.

• IPA^(key): /bækˌtɪəɹiˈɒlədʒɪst/

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bacteriologist (plural bacteriologists)

1. A microbiologist whose speciality is bacteriology.
   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus:

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

• bacteria
• bacteriology