allergologist

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Etymology[edit]

allergology +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

allergologist (plural allergologists)

  1. A scientist who studies allergology (the medicine of allergies).
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      To which the compatibilists replied, This is still totally artificial—choosing when to leap into an abyss or whether to turn left or right in a driving simulator tells us nothing about our free will in choosing between, say, becoming a nudist versus a Buddhist, or becoming an algologist versus an allergologist.
  2. (rare) An allergist (physician specializing in treatment of allergies).

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