Definition of "etiologist" []

• A practitioner of etiology. (noun)

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• "Dr. Lisa Bernstein, the etiologist (that's someone who studies the cause of diseases) wrote in an email to Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota:"
• "The statistics of disease prove cancers of other organs to be twice as frequent, among females, as cancer of the stomach is among males; and an eminent etiologist places narcotics among the least proved causes of this disease."
• "It's also a good way to build and retain their audience, since the endless array of health information on the web makes everyone an amateur etiologist."