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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•sec•tor (prō sek′tər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who dissects cadavers for the illustration of anatomical lectures or the like.
- Medicinea person who performs autopsies to establish the cause of death or the nature and seat of disease.
- Late Latin: anatomist, literally, one who cuts in public (or beforehand), equivalent. to Latin prōsec(āre) to cut out (body organs) in public sacrifice (see pro-1, sect) + -tor -tor
- 1855–60;
pro•sec•to•ri•al (prō′sek tôr′ē əl, -tōr′-),USA pronunciation adj. pro•sec′tor•ship′, n. |