Prosector Definition

prō-sĕktər
noun
One who dissects cadavers for anatomical instruction or pathological examination.
American Heritage Medicine
A person skilled in dissection who prepares subjects for anatomical demonstration.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Prosector

Noun

Singular:
prosector
Plural:
prosectors

Origin of Prosector

  • Latin prōsector anatomist from prōsecāre to cut off, up prō- before pro–1 secāre to cut sector

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin, an anatomist, from prosecare to cut up; pro before + secare to cut.

    From Wiktionary

Prosector Sentence Examples

  • On his return he set up in medical practice at Augsburg, whither his father had been transferred; but in a few months he found an opening for an academical career, on being appointed prosector at Erlangen.

  • Forbes, two brilliant and short lived young men who occupied successively the post of prosector to the Zoological Society of London, and who made a rich use of the material provided by the collection of that society.

  • He studied medicine in Paris at the newly established Ecole de Medecine, and was appointed by competition prosector when only eighteen years of age.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

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RORTOR

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Words Starting With P and Ending With R

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With P9 Letter Words Ending With R