microanatomist

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noun

One who studies microanatomy.

OriginEnglish anatomist ← Middle English anatomie ← Old French anatomie →
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Meanings

nounmicroanatomist (plural microanatomists)

plural microanatomists

  1. One who studies microanatomy.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
  8. Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  10. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  11. Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
  12. Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
  13. Latinanatomia
  14. Old Frenchanatomie
  15. Middle Englishanatomie
  16. Englishanatomy
  17. Englishanatomist
  18. Englishmicroanatomist

From micro- + anatomist.

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APA

microanatomist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microanatomist

MLA

“microanatomist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microanatomist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microanatomist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microanatomist.

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