anatomist

noun

anat·​o·​mist ə-ˈna-tə-mist How to pronounce anatomist (audio)
1
: a specialist in anatomy
2
: one who analyzes minutely and critically
an anatomist of urban society

Examples of anatomist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Edwin Dickinson, an anatomist at the New York Institute of Technology and a co-author of the study, says the researchers are particularly interested in the surprising solutions animals come up with to move around in different environments. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024 Image does not show actual bird species Dominique Homberger, a comparative anatomist at Louisiana State University, told USA TODAY that the bird in the image doesn't exist. USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024 German anatomist Carl Bergmann theorized in 1847 that animals of similar species tend to be larger in cold climates. Max G. Levy, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024 Many of our major writers are earnest anatomists of discontent and its social, psychological, and existential causes. Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2023 Pauley was also online pals with a Kentucky man named James Nott, who in his Facebook messages to Pauley went by the name William Burke — a grisly nod to a murderer from the 1800s who sold his victims’ corpses to Scottish anatomist Robert Knox for dissection demonstrations. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2023 Medical anatomists studied semicircular canals in the sixteenth century by cutting open cadavers and drawing their insides, but doctors didn’t gain a deeper understanding of the vestibular system until the nineteenth century. Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2023 But the devil is in the details, cautioned Carol Ward, an anthropologist and anatomist at the University of Missouri. Thomas Garlinghouse, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2019 Some of the first real studies of the Shroud were done by a French anatomist named Yves Delage at the beginning of the 20th century. Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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“Anatomist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anatomist. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

anatomist

noun
anat·​o·​mist ə-ˈnat-ə-məst How to pronounce anatomist (audio)
: a specialist in anatomy

Medical Definition

anatomist

noun
anat·​o·​mist ə-ˈnat-ə-məst How to pronounce anatomist (audio)
: a specialist in anatomy

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