English > anatomist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | An expert in anatomy. |
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| Instances | Eustachio, Bartolommeo Eustachio | Italian anatomist who was one of the fathers of modern anatomy |
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| Evans, Herbert McLean Evans | United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971) |
| Fallopius, Gabriele Fallopius, Fallopio, Gabriello Fallopio | Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562) |
| Galen | Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200) |
| Meissner, Georg Meissner | German anatomist (1829-1905) |
| Muller, Johannes Peter Muller | German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858) |
| Vesalius, Andreas Vesalius | A Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy (1514-1564) |
| Wolff, Kaspar Friedrich Wolff | German anatomist (1733-1794) |
| Narrower | comparative anatomist | anatomist who compares the anatomy of different animals |
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| histologist | anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues |
| osteologist, osteologer | An anatomist who is skilled is osteology |
| Broader | expert | A person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully |
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| Spanish | anatomista |
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| Catalan | anatomista |
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| Nouns | anatomy | alternative names for the body of a human being |
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| anatomy | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
