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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Pioneering physiologist Joseph Barcroft famously compared the oxygen levels any fetus receives to Everest in utero—Everest in the uterus.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Stay open-minded to new research and workout approaches Kaleigh Ray, an exercise physiologist and staff writer for Treadmill Review Guru in St. George, Utah, warns clients not to get trapped in fitness fads and to be open to new research.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Guidelines co-author and physiologist professor Margie Davenport of the University of Alberta told Newsweek that historically, new mothers were advised to wait until six weeks after birth to start exercising.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
But directly applying this insight to human pregnancies may have unintended consequences, says Kim Botting, a physiologist at University College London, because reactive oxygen species also play a role in increasing blood flow to the fetal brain when oxygen levels are low.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
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Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Stay open-minded to new research and workout approaches Kaleigh Ray, an exercise physiologist and staff writer for Treadmill Review Guru in St. George, Utah, warns clients not to get trapped in fitness fads and to be open to new research.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Guidelines co-author and physiologist professor Margie Davenport of the University of Alberta told Newsweek that historically, new mothers were advised to wait until six weeks after birth to start exercising.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
But directly applying this insight to human pregnancies may have unintended consequences, says Kim Botting, a physiologist at University College London, because reactive oxygen species also play a role in increasing blood flow to the fetal brain when oxygen levels are low.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Physiologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physiologist. Accessed 18 Apr. 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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