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Etymology

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From biogerontology +‎ -ist.

Noun

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biogerontologist (plural biogerontologists)

  1. A physician who specializes in biogerontology.
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 429:
      Almost thirty years ago, Zhores Medvedev, a Russian biogerontologist, counted some 300 serious scientific theories to explain why we age.