Complete Definition of "anatomy"

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Etymology
French anatomie � Latin anatomia � Greek ανα�ομία, from Ancient Greek ανα�ομή (anatome) "dissection", from ανα- (ana) "afresh, again, anew, over" + �ομή (tome) "cut, incision, gash".

Pronunciation
IPA|/��næt�mi/, SAMPA|/@"n{t@mi/

Noun
en-noun|anatomies

  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 that deals with the form and 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.
#: Animal anatomy is also called zomy or zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.
#: Comparative anatomy compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals.

  1. A treatise or book on anatomy.
  2. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.
  3. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.

Translations

Bosnian: t-|bs|anatomia|f
Chinese (simplified): 解�学 (ji�p�u xué)
Chinese (traditional): 解學�學
Croatian: t+|hr|anatomija|f
Dutch: t+|nl|anatomie
Esperanto: anatomio
Estonian: anatoomia
Finnish: t+|fi|anatomia
French: t+|fr|anatomie|f
German: t+|de|Anatomie|f
Greek: ανα�ομία (anatomía) f
Italian: t+|it|anatomia|f
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Japanese: JAchar|解�学 (������, kaib�gaku) (2); 解� (kaib�) (1)
Korean: ��� (haebuhak)
Latin: t-|la|anatomia|f
Novial: anatomia
Persian: FAchar|کا�بدش�اس� (kalbod-shenasi)
Polish: t+|pl|anatomia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|anatomia|f
Russian: ана�оми�ование (anatomirovánije) n
Spanish: t+|es|anatomía|f
Turkish: anatomi, yapıbilim

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