— 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; prosec ( are ) to cut out (body organs) in public sacrifice (see PRO- 1 , SECT) + -tor -TOR ]