neuroanatomistn.
/ˌnjʊərəʊəˈnatəmɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)ʊroʊəˈnædəməst/ Anatomy.
An expert or specialist in neuroanatomy.
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neurotomist1726
neurologist1832
nerve physiologist1890
neuroanatomist1919
neurophysiologist1936
neuroradiologist1955
neuroendocrinologist1957
neuroscientist1964
1919 Sci. Monthly Jan. 49 The French physiologist Vicq-d'Azyr..was a professor in the Ecole veterinaire d'Alfort and a neuro-anatomist of considerable ability.
1930 H. L. Hollingworth Abnormal Psychol. iv. 75 This condition would be difficult to understand if it were not that the neuro-anatomist had mapped out the course of the various sensory pathways in the spinal cord.
1963 Zeitschr. f. Zellforschung 60 815 The basis of the neuron doctrine was established by the work of a few eminent neuro-anatomists.
1974 Nature 6 Sept. 83/1 For the neuroanatomists of the nineteenth century, the cerebellum was a source of fascination.
1992 Sci. Amer. Mar. 14/2 Douglas predicts that chips based on the neural micro-circuit will be widely used both by artificial intelligencers trying to build simple autonomous systems and by neuroanatomists studying the function of the brain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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