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Noun

1. andreas vesalius, vesalius

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

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Vesalius

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noun
Andreas (anˈdreːas). 1514–64, Flemish anatomist, whose De Humani Corporis fabrica (1543) formed the basis of modern anatomical research and medicine

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Vesalius

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ˈAndreas (ˈændriəs ) ; anˈdrēəs) 1514-64; Fl. anatomist in Italy, Spain, etc.

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Vesalius

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Flemish anatomist and surgeon who is considered the founder of modern anatomy. His major work, On the Structure of the Human Body (1543), contains numerous illustrations based on meticulous dissection of cadavers that he performed while in Padua.

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