01 n. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and ec…
pl.
Anatomies
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The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
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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.
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A treatise or book on anatomy.
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The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.
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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.
Phrases & compounds
Comparative anatomy —
compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals.