radiobiologist

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ra·di·o·bi·ol·o·gy

(rā′dē-ō-bī-ŏl′ə-jē)

1. The study of the effects of radiation on living organisms.

2. The use of radioactive tracers to study biological processes.

ra′di·o·bi′o·log′i·cal (-ə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl) adj.

ra′di·o·bi·ol′o·gist n.

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radiobiologist - a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms

biologist, life scientist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms

Louis Harold Gray, Gray - English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)

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