anatomist

[ uh-nat-uh-mist ]

/ əˈnæt ə mɪst /

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noun

a specialist in anatomy.

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

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Origin of anatomist

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

Words nearby anatomist

anatomical pathology, anatomical position, anatomical snuffbox, anatomical sphincter, anatomical wart, anatomist, anatomize, anatomy, anatoxin, anatricrotism, anatropia

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How to use anatomist in a sentence

Based on the child’s blend of humanlike and apelike features, an anatomist determined that the fossil was what was then popularly known as a “missing link.”
Fossils and ancient DNA paint a vibrant picture of human origins|Erin Wayman|September 15, 2021|Science News
“The last time we had a change of this magnitude was when the Flexner Report came out,” says Jonathan Wisco, an anatomist who teaches at Boston and Northeastern Universities.
You Can’t Dissect a Virtual Cadaver - Issue 99: Universality|Michael Denham|May 5, 2021|Nautilus
As a comparative anatomist, MacLean viewed animal behaviors as evolutionary adaptations of the brain.
Why Do We Cry?|Michael Trimble|January 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
William Hewson died; an eminent English anatomist, and medical author.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

John Bell, the distinguished anatomist of Scotland, was born at Edinburgh.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Among them was William Cowper, not a kinsman of the defendant, but the most celebrated anatomist that England had then produced.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
These singularities were worthy the attention of so able an anatomist as M. Sarrasin.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
He was no anatomist, no physiologist, but rather what nowadays we should call a pharmacologist.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh

British Dictionary definitions for anatomist

anatomist

/ (əˈnætəmɪst) /

noun

an expert in anatomy

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for anatomist

anatomist

[ ə-năt′ə-mĭst ]

An expert in or a student of anatomy.