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anatomy

Pronunciation: /əˈnatəmi/

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Definition of anatomy

noun (plural anatomies)

  • 1 [mass noun] the branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts: he studied physiology and anatomy human anatomy
  • [count noun] the bodily structure of an organism:descriptions of the cat’s anatomy and behaviour
  • [count noun] informal a person’s body: every part of his anatomy hurt she was unable to reach for the bag in case she revealed more of her anatomy than she already had
  • 2a study of the structure or internal workings of something:a detailed anatomy of a society and its institutions

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French anatomie or late Latin anatomia, from Greek, from ana- 'up' + tomia 'cutting' (from temnein 'to cut')

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