anatomy
Americannoun
plural
anatomies-
the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants.
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the structure of an animal or plant, or of any of its parts.
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dissection of all or part of an animal or plant in order to study its structure.
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a plant or animal that has been or will be dissected, or a model of such a dissected organism.
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a skeleton.
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Informal. the human body.
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an analysis or minute examination.
noun
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the science concerned with the physical structure of animals and plants
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the physical structure of an animal or plant or any of its parts
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a book or treatise on this subject
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dissection of an animal or plant
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any detailed analysis
the anatomy of a crime
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informal the human body
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The structure of an organism or any of its parts.
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The scientific study of the shape and structure of organisms and their parts.
Etymology
Origin of anatomy
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin anatomia, from Greek anatom(ḗ) “dissection” (from ana- ana- + tomḗ “a cutting,” noun derivative of témnein “to cut”) + -ia -y 3
Example Sentences
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"The people using these products are, in essence, becoming lab rats," Adam Taylor, professor of anatomy at Lancaster University, explains.
From BBC
"Setting the anatomy and proportions requires visualisation from multiple angles and repeated adjustments," he said.
From Barron's
To solve this, the team analyzed the horses' vocal anatomy, reviewed clinical data, and carried out detailed acoustic studies.
From Science Daily
The vast majority of people have no reason to ever spend any time at all thinking about this particular part of human anatomy.
They compared those scans with the snout anatomy of living animals such as birds and crocodiles.
From Science Daily
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