anatomist
noun
anat·o·mist ə-ˈna-tə-mist 
1
: a specialist in anatomy
2
: one who analyzes minutely and critically
an anatomist of urban society
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In 2014, Catalina Pimiento, a paleontologist at Swansea University in Wales, crossed paths with John Hutchinson, an anatomist at the Royal Veterinary College in London. 
New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022 The dilemma puzzled George as well as Dutch-American anatomist and paleontologist Hans Thewissen, who has been regularly coming to Alaska from Ohio to do whale research. Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022 The brilliant anatomist Andreas Vesalius, to atone for crimes against orthodoxy, was forced to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem and perished on the island of Zakynthos when his ship foundered. John J. Ross, WSJ, 24 July 2022 Zuckerman, who was born in South Africa, had trained as an anatomist and a zoologist. Phil Klay, The New Yorker, 11 June 2022 Around that time, perhaps influenced by the predominant metaphor, German anatomist Joseph von Gerlach looked at nervous tissue through his microscope and saw the tangle of fibers—a reticulum. Benjamin Ehrlich, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022 An abundance of prey prompted Diegoaelurus’sancestors to evolve teeth that could process meat very efficiently, explains study co-author Shawn Zack, an anatomist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix. Raegan Scharfetter, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2022 In the 19th century, a new era of transportation, anatomist Otto Deiters, among many others, conceived of the nervous system as a railroad, with junctions at which traffic could be routed. Benjamin Ehrlich, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022 Not until a great white shark was brought to an anatomist in 1666 did experts imagine that the relics came from ancient sharks—and that the teeth must have drifted down to the seafloor and been covered by sediment. Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2021 See More
New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022 The dilemma puzzled George as well as Dutch-American anatomist and paleontologist Hans Thewissen, who has been regularly coming to Alaska from Ohio to do whale research. Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022 The brilliant anatomist Andreas Vesalius, to atone for crimes against orthodoxy, was forced to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem and perished on the island of Zakynthos when his ship foundered. John J. Ross, WSJ, 24 July 2022 Zuckerman, who was born in South Africa, had trained as an anatomist and a zoologist. Phil Klay, The New Yorker, 11 June 2022 Around that time, perhaps influenced by the predominant metaphor, German anatomist Joseph von Gerlach looked at nervous tissue through his microscope and saw the tangle of fibers—a reticulum. Benjamin Ehrlich, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022 An abundance of prey prompted Diegoaelurus’sancestors to evolve teeth that could process meat very efficiently, explains study co-author Shawn Zack, an anatomist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix. Raegan Scharfetter, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2022 In the 19th century, a new era of transportation, anatomist Otto Deiters, among many others, conceived of the nervous system as a railroad, with junctions at which traffic could be routed. Benjamin Ehrlich, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022 Not until a great white shark was brought to an anatomist in 1666 did experts imagine that the relics came from ancient sharks—and that the teeth must have drifted down to the seafloor and been covered by sediment. Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
anatomist
noun
anat·o·mist ə-ˈnat-ə-məst
: a specialist in anatomy