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Spell Bee Word: Virologist

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What does virologist mean?

Word: Virologist

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Virologist means a scientist who studies viruses, how they spread and the diseases they cause.

How do you spell virologist?

Syllables: vi - rol - o - gist

Tricky part: We say viral and virus, so students often write vira or viru at the start of the word.

Watch out for: viralogist, viruologist, virolojist

Memory tip: Virus loses its us and gains an o: vir + o. Picture that o as a round virus under a microscope.

Virologist in a sentence

Example 1: The virologist studied how the flu virus changes from year to year.

Example 2: Virologists at the lab in Pune tested samples from the outbreak.

Example 3: Mia read about a virologist who helped develop a polio vaccine.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Virus was a Latin word for poison or venom. English used it for the cause of a disease long before anyone knew what viruses really were, and virologists only saw them clearly once the electron microscope arrived.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) vaccine
b) epidemic
c) bacteria
d) virologest

Show answer

d) virologest. Like scientist, the word ends in ist.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

During the monsoon a virolagist from the medical college warned us about mosquito-borne fevers.

a) fevers
b) monsoon
c) virolagist
d) college

Show answer

c) virolagist. After the l comes o, the same vowel you see in biology and geology.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

vorgilotis

a) vigilante
b) visionary
c) virologist
d) violinist

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c) virologist. The jumble has two o's and a g, which only virologist uses.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A virologist would be most interested in ____.

a) how lava flows from volcanoes
b) how rain clouds form
c) how the measles virus spreads
d) how new stars are formed

Show answer

c) how the measles virus spreads

2. Which of these illnesses is caused by a virus?

a) ringworm
b) malaria
c) chickenpox
d) scurvy

Show answer

c) chickenpox

Associated Words

Words that end in -ogist: pathologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, sociologist, dermatologist, radiologist

More words from this list

amethyst, cavernous, cunning, especially, hesitant, meddle, pneumatic, splendid

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