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- noun virology A
scientist ordoctor who studies or specializes inviruses .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a specialist in virology
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Examples
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My opinion, informed by current reports, the behavior of past influenza epidemics, and my knowledge and experience as a virologist, is that while this is potentially serious, there is no cause for alarm.
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My opinion, informed by current reports, the behavior of past influenza epidemics, and my knowledge and experience as a virologist, is that while this is potentially serious, there is no cause for alarm.
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The New Yorker once called virologist Nathan Wolfe "the world's most prominent virus hunter."
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The New Yorker once called virologist Nathan Wolfe "the world's most prominent virus hunter."
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The New Yorker once called virologist Nathan Wolfe "the world's most prominent virus hunter."
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Dr. Luc Montagnier, the French virologist who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the AIDS virus, has surprised the scientific community with his strong support for homeopathic medicine.
Dana Ullman: Nobel Prize Winner Takes Homeopathy Seriously Dana Ullman 2011
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Dr. Luc Montagnier, the French virologist who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the AIDS virus, has surprised the scientific community with his strong support for homeopathic medicine.
Dana Ullman: Nobel Prize Winner Takes Homeopathy Seriously Dana Ullman 2011
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Asked about parents who choose not to vaccinate their children against HPV, the virologist Nathan Wolfe, author of the new book "The Viral Storm," told me: "Basically the decision to not vaccinate risks not only cancer for their kids but cancer for anyone their kids have sex with."
The New Prudery Holly Finn 2011
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Dr. Luc Montagnier, the French virologist who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the AIDS virus, has surprised the scientific community with his strong support for homeopathic medicine.
Dana Ullman: Nobel Prize Winner Takes Homeopathy Seriously Dana Ullman 2011
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Dr. Luc Montagnier, the French virologist who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the AIDS virus, has surprised the scientific community with his strong support for homeopathic medicine.
Dana Ullman: Nobel Prize Winner Takes Homeopathy Seriously Dana Ullman 2011
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