ANATOMY

anatomy

(noun) a detailed analysis; “he studied the anatomy of crimes”

anatomy, general anatomy

(noun) the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

anatomy (countable and uncountable, plural anatomies)

The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.

Synonym: dissection

The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.

Hyponyms: anthropotomy, phytotomy, zootomy

(countable) A treatise or book on anatomy.

(by extension) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.

Synonym: analysis

(colloquial) The form of an individual.

(euphemism) The human body, especially in reference to the private parts.

(archaic) A skeleton, or dead body.

The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.

Source: Wiktionary

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A*nat"o*my, n.; pl. Anatomies. Etym: [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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