Vesalius

[vi-sey-lee-uhs, -seyl-yuhs]

noun

1. Andreas 1514–64, Flemish anatomist.

Vesalius

/ vɪˈseɪlɪəs /

noun

1. Andreas (anˈdreːas). 1514–64, Flemish anatomist, whose De Humani Corporis fabrica (1543) formed the basis of modern anatomical research and medicine

Vesalius

1. Flemish anatomist and surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy. His rigorous descriptions of the structure of the human body, based on his own personal dissections of cadavers, established a new level of clarity and accuracy in the study of human anatomy.

Example Sentences

Visitors can explore illustrations from some of the earliest modern anatomical texts by people such as Andreas Vesalius, a Belgian physician known as the father of human anatomy.

From Washington Post

In 1543, the word made an appearance alongside an odd illustration in an anatomical atlas by Andreas Vesalius, a Flemish physician sometimes called the “father of modern anatomy.”

From New York Times

It is natural to describe key events in terms of the work of individuals who made a mark in science—Copernicus, Vesalius, Darwin, Wallace and the rest.

From Literature

He died in 1542, the year before the publication of Copernicus’s On the Revolutions and Vesalius’s On the Fabric of the Human Body.

From Literature

Even Vesalius realized that his images could be confusing, and devised an ingenious method to explain them.

From Nature