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The anatomical study of changes in the function, structure, or appearance of organs or tissues, including postmortem examinations and the study of biopsy specimens.

1. One who opposes and contends against another; an adversary.
2. The principal character in opposition to the protagonist of a narrative or drama.
3. Something opposing or resisting the action of another; certain structures, agents, diseases, or physiologic processes that tend to neutralize or impede the action or effect of others.
4. In biochemistry, a chemical substance that interferes with the physiological action of another; especially, by combining with and blocking its nerve receptor.

A professional scholar who studies and reconstructs the human past through its physical remains.

An archaeologist's work involves the scientific finding, collecting, cleaning, sorting, identifying, and measuring objects found in or on the earth or sea. The motive is to record and interpret ancient cultures rather than collect and display artifacts for profit.

1. A person who commits bigamy or someone who is married illegally to two people simultaneously.
2. Said to be someone who demonstrates that "two rites make a wrong" and an action by someone who is participating in "double jeopardy".

1. A specialist or expert in biology or one who studies biology.
2. A scientist who studies living organisms.
3. A scientist devoted to the study of organisms and their relationships to their environments and the underlying mechanisms that govern how those organisms work.

1. A medical doctor who diagnoses and treats disorders and diseases of the feet; a podiatrist.
2. Originally it referred to someone who treated diseases of the hands and feet; then it became restricted to a person who treated corns and bunions.

A scientist who specializes in chemistry; another term for a pharmacist, especially in British use.

A writer of plays; a playwright.

Someone who specializes in the study of insects.

1. Usually capitalized, one of the four writers of the New Testament Gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John.
2. An itinerant (traveling from place to place) or a missionary preacher; a revivalist or a promoter, organizer, or preacher at a religious revival meeting, especially one for evangelical Christians.
3. In the Mormon Church, a patriarch.