anatomist
noun/əˈnætəmɪst/
/əˈnætəmɪst/
- a scientist who studies anatomyWord Originmid 16th cent.: from French anatomiste, from a medieval Latin derivative of anatomizare from anatomia, from Greek, from ana- ‘up’ + tomia ‘cutting’ (from temnein ‘to cut’).
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