ANATOMICAL

anatomic, anatomical

(adjective) of or relating to the structure of the body; “anatomical features”

anatomic, anatomical

(adjective) of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms; “anatomical research”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

anatomical (not comparable)

Of or relating to anatomy or dissection.

Synonyms

• anatomic

Source: Wiktionary


An`a*tom"ic, An`a*tom"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. anatomicus, Gr. anatomique. See Anatomy.]

Definition: Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INITIALISM

(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”


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