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a⋅nat⋅o⋅my
[uh-nat-uh-mee] 
ə
–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. |
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| a·nat·o·my (ə-nāt'ə-mē) n. pl. a·nat·o·mies
[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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Anatomy
A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl. Anatomies. [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. ? dissection, fr. ? to cut up; ? + ? to cut.]1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. 2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. --Dryden. Note: "Animal anatomy" is sometimes called zomy; "vegetable anatomy," phytotomy; "human anatomy," anthropotomy. Comparative anatomy compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals. 3. A treatise or book on anatomy. 4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. 5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : anatomy
Spanish:
anatomía,
German:
die Anatomie,
Japanese:
解剖学
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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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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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 :
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.
- The morphological structure of a plant or an animal or of any of its parts.
- The science of the shape and structure of organisms and their parts.
- Dissection of an animal to study the structure, position, and interrelation of its various parts.
- A skeleton.
- The human body.
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anatomy (ə-nāt'ə-mē) Pronunciation Key
anatomical adjective (ān'ə-tŏm'ĭ-kəl) |
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