Medical Laboratory Scientist

Medical Laboratory Scientist (pronunciation: meh-dih-kul lab-ruh-tor-ee sigh-en-tist) is a healthcare professional who performs chemical, hematological, immunologic, histopathological, cytopathological, microscopic, and bacteriological diagnostic analyses on body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, and synovial fluid, as well as other specimens.

Etymology

The term "Medical Laboratory Scientist" is derived from the Latin words "medicus" meaning "physician", "laboratorium" meaning "workplace", and "scientia" meaning "knowledge".

Related Terms

• Medical Laboratory Technician: A healthcare professional who assists the Medical Laboratory Scientist in performing diagnostic analyses.
• Pathologist: A physician who studies body fluids and tissues, helps your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your health or any medical problems you have, and uses laboratory tests to monitor the health of patients with chronic conditions.
• Clinical Laboratory: A facility where tests are done on clinical specimens in order to get information about the health of a patient.
• Hematology: The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood.
• Microbiology: The study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa.

See Also

• Biomedical Scientist
• Clinical Biochemistry
• Medical Microbiology
• Clinical Virology
• Clinical Immunology

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