physiologist
noun
phys·i·ol·o·gist
ˌfi-zē-ˈä-lə-jist 
plural physiologists
: a person specializing in the biological study of the functions and processes of living organisms and their parts : a biologist specializing in physiology
Beall also compared the percentage of hemoglobin in each person's blood that carries oxygen—a value known by physiologists as oxygen saturation.—
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That’s the question posed in a new study in Royal Society Open Science by University of Colorado physiologist Rodger Kram, working with colleagues Edson Soares da Silva, Wouter Hoogkamer, and Shalaya Kipp.
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It was discovered and made famous in the 1890s by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, who rang a bell before his dogs were fed.
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But that threshold wasn’t based on experiments, says Ollie Jay, a thermal physiologist at the University of Sydney and co-author on the new NEJM paper.
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That same year, the Austrian physiologist Eugen Steinach was trumpeting a new genital surgery to treat the diseases of aging.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
It was discovered and made famous in the 1890s by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, who rang a bell before his dogs were fed.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
But that threshold wasn’t based on experiments, says Ollie Jay, a thermal physiologist at the University of Sydney and co-author on the new NEJM paper.
—Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 6 Nov. 2024
That same year, the Austrian physiologist Eugen Steinach was trumpeting a new genital surgery to treat the diseases of aging.
—Joe Kloc, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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physiologist
noun
phys·i·ol·o·gist
ˌfiz-ē-ˈäl-ə-jəst
: a specialist in physiology
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