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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

biólogo molecular

Pronunciation / Transliteration: biólogo molecular

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Molecular biologist/məˈlɛk.jə.lər baɪˈɒl.ə.dʒɪst/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O biólogo molecular fez uma descoberta importante sobre proteínas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A scientist who studies the structure and function of molecules that are essential to life.

    "The molecular biologist conducted experiments to understand DNA replication."
  2. 2

    A researcher who investigates the interactions between biological molecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids.

    "As a molecular biologist, she published several papers on protein synthesis."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'molecular' (rooted in Latin 'molecula', a small mass, via Neo-Latin in the 17th century) and 'biologist' (from Greek 'bios', life, and 'logist', one who speaks or studies). The compound term emerged in the mid-20th century alongside the rapid development of molecular biology following the discovery of the structure of DNA.

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