anatomist
Americannoun
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a specialist in anatomy.
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a person who analyzes all the parts or elements of something with particular care.
an anatomist of public-school systems and their problems.
noun
Etymology
Origin of anatomist
Example Sentences
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Nicknamed “Little” for her stature, the child finds employment in the household of a shy anatomist whose trade is making wax replicas of human body parts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
However, French anatomist Claude Perrault had already drawn a much more accurate representation in 1669, showing two optic nerves that crossed and then continued straight.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025
It was one of three species for which the overarching term dinosauria was later coined in 1842 by the anatomist Richard Owen.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024
The anatomist did so by applying clay directly to the skull, using data on the average depth of facial tissue he gathered by examining the faces of 27 human corpses.
From National Geographic • Oct. 23, 2023
Early in his career Owen used his influence at the Zoological Society to blackball a young man named Robert Grant whose only crime was to have shown promise as a fellow anatomist.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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