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Anatomies

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a⋅nat⋅o⋅my

  [uh-nat-uh-mee]
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–noun, plural -mies.
1. the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants.
2. the structure of an animal or plant, or of any of its parts.
3. dissection of all or part of an animal or plant in order to study its structure.
4. a plant or animal that has been or will be dissected, or a model of such a dissected organism.
5. a skeleton.
6. Informal. the human body.
7. an analysis or minute examination.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L anatomia < Gk anatom() a cutting up (ana- ana- + tom- cut (var. of tem-) + -ē n. suffix) + -ia -y 3
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a·nat·o·my   (ə-nāt'ə-mē)   
n.   pl. a·nat·o·mies

  1. The bodily structure of a plant or an animal or of any of its parts.

  2. The science of the shape and structure of organisms and their parts.

  3. A treatise on anatomic science.

  4. Dissection of a plant or animal to study the structure, position, and interrelation of its various parts.

  5. A skeleton.

  6. The human body.

  7. A detailed examination or analysis: the anatomy of a crime.


[Middle English anatomie, from Late Latin anatomia, from Greek anatomē, dissection : ana-, ana- + tomē, a cutting (from temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-European roots).]
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Cultural Dictionary

anatomy

The structure of an animal or plant; also, the study of this structure through techniques such as microscopic observation and dissection. (Compare morphology and physiology.)

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Word Origin & History

anatomy 
1398, "study of the structure of living beings," from O.Fr. anatomie, from Gk. anatomia, from anatome "dissection," from ana- "up" + temnein "to cut." "Dissection" (1541), "mummy" (1586), and even "skeleton" (1594) were primary senses in Shakespeare's day; meaning "the science of the structure of organized bodies" predominated from 17c. Often misdivided as an atomy or a natomy.
"The scyence of the Nathomy is nedefull and necessarye to the Cyrurgyen" [1541]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: anat·o·my
Pronunciation: &-'nat-&-mE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -mies
1 : a branchof morphology that deals with the structure of organisms —compare PHYSIOLOGY 1
2 : a treatise onanatomic science or art
3 : the art of separating the parts of an organism in order to ascertain their position, relations, structure, and function : DISSECTION
4 : structural makeup especially of an organism or any of its parts
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anatomy a·nat·o·my (ə-nāt'ə-mē)
n.

  1. The morphological structure of a plant or an animal or of any of its parts.

  2. The science of the shape and structure of organisms and their parts.

  3. Dissection of an animal to study the structure, position, and interrelation of its various parts.

  4. A skeleton.

  5. The human body.

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