A proctologist studys the digestive system. A paleontologist find dinosaurs' bones. A cosmetologist does hair, manicures, pedicures
The suffix "-ologist" means specialist.
No, the suffix "-ologist" does not require a combining vowel when attaching to a root word.
The cast of The Banjo-ologist - 2010 includes: Gordy Ohliger as himself
The suffix ologist means a person who studies or is an expert in a particular field or subject. For example, a biologist studies living organisms, and a psychologist studies mental processes and behavior.
-ologist is the combining form meaning specialist.
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It is based on the Latin root, 'Paleo" - that should help with the spelling. So, "Paleo yada ologist" "-ologist " may be easy to remember, as it is the ending for many different things like Geologist and archeologist. So, putting all this together along with the extra letters, "n" and "t" to make the word easily pronouncable, we get, "Paleontologist", which the the correct spelling.
-Ologist is a suffix added to the scientific name of something, meaning one who studies or is a doctor in the art of whatever is before -ologist. For example, the word radiologist means one who studies radiologist.
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