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

Examples of anatomist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An English anatomist with powerful muttonchops, Halford arrived in Melbourne in 1862, and soon joined the colonial quest for a snakebite cure. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Like Greek and Roman anatomists before him, Burdach turned to the natural world as a point of reference. — Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026

King explains that after they were taken away for forensic analysis, the remains were tied to William Hewson, the anatomist who married Stevenson's daughter, Polly. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Anne Burrows, an anatomist at Duquesne University who studies the comparative anatomy of facial expression in dogs, has studied enough dog and wolf faces to know that the muscles underneath work very differently. — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 14 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

anatomist

noun

anat·​o·​mist ə-ˈnat-ə-məst 

: a specialist in anatomy

Medical Definition

anatomist

noun

anat·​o·​mist ə-ˈnat-ə-məst 

: a specialist in anatomy