anatomist

[ uh-nat-uh-mist ]

noun
  1. a specialist in anatomy.

  2. a person who analyzes all the parts or elements of something with particular care: an anatomist of public-school systems and their problems.

Origin of anatomist

1
1560–70; anatom(y) + -ist or <Middle French anatomiste

Words Nearby anatomist

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How to use anatomist in a sentence

  • He was no anatomist, no physiologist, but rather what nowadays we should call a pharmacologist.

British Dictionary definitions for anatomist

anatomist

/ (əˈnætəmɪst) /


noun
  1. an expert in anatomy

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