andreas vesalius

1. 1.

   a Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy (1514-1564)

   SynonymsVesalius

   Broaderanatomist

Questions about andreas vesalius

What does andreas vesalius mean?

andreas vesalius means "a Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy (1514-1564)".

What is another word for andreas vesalius?

Close synonyms include Vesalius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is andreas vesalius a common word?

andreas vesalius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.