nosologist

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noun

One who studies diseases.

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Meanings

nounnosologist (plural nosologists)

plural nosologists

  1. One who studies diseases.

    Disagreeing with Iowa’s nosologist, Ms. Petersen says the lethal consequences of overprescribed or misprescribed drugs are too readily accepted as “natural” death.

    2008 March 17, Janet Maslin, “The Case for Another Drug War, Against Pharmaceutical Marketers’ Dirty Tactics”, in New York Times

Origin

From nosology + -ist.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sonologist
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APA

nosologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosologist

MLA

“nosologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosologist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nosologist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosologist.

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