释义 |
prosector —prosectorial /proh'sek tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-/, adj. —prosectorship, n. /proh sek"teuhr/, n. 1. a person who dissects cadavers for the illustration of anatomical lectures or the like. 2. a person who performs autopsies to establish the cause of death or the nature and seat of disease. [1855-60; < LL: anatomist, lit., one who cuts in public (or beforehand), equiv. to L prosec(are) to cut out (body organs) in public sacrifice (see PRO-1, SECT) + -tor -TOR] |