anatomist
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- noun
- /əˈnætəmɪst/
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anatomista
- An anatomist studies the intricate structures of the human body to understand how it functions.
- anatomist in Amsterdam
- anatomist Richard Owen
- anatomist at a university
And then weirdly, like I, I love Jill Bolte Taylor, the Harvard neuron anatomist who had the stroke.
- And then weirdly, like I, I love Jill Bolte Taylor, the Harvard neuron anatomist who had the stroke.
Examples
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In 1842, Richard Owen, the leading British anatomist of the day, called them Dinosauria, meaning "terrible lizards."
Fiction book (1990) -
British anatomist Richard Owen, for example, abandoned the idea that vestigial organs were perfectly designed.
Academic text (2002) -
I am an anatomist to learn what makes us work.
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On the one hand, you can study human nature as an anatomist.
Blog text (23) -
We are anatomists, not policemen.
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The team's anatomist, Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University, believes she was.
Academic text (2010) -
The only person there who was qualified to identify the fossils was a Canadian anatomist named Davidson Black.
Academic text (2006) -
Richard Owen (1804-92) was the greatest anatomist and paleontologist of his age.
Academic text (1995) -
In 1842, the English anatomist and pioneering paleontologist Richard Owen introduced the word "dinosaur" to distinguish a new category of reptiles.
Academic text (2007) -
A prominent surgeon, obstetrician, and anatomist from 1666 to 1731, Ruysch was the chief anatomist of the Amsterdam surgeons' guild for almost sixty years.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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A person who studies teeth and helps police identify people from dental records
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A scientist who studies the parts of the brain and nerves
A scientist who studies and compares the bodies of different animals
A person who studies bones to learn about health or age
A person who studies body tissues under a microscope
A person who studies the shape and structure of animals, plants, or words
Compounds
- Specialized
A scientist who studies and compares the bodies of different animals
How Expert
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Anatomist comes from Greek parts ana- ('up') and temnein ('to cut'), so it originally meant 'cut up'. Think of someone carefully opening a body to look inside—an anatomist studies the parts of living things, which is why the word links to anatomy.