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