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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anatomy \A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl {Anatomies}. [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr ? dissection, fr ? to cut up ? + ? to cut.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: anatomy n 1: the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals 2: alternative names for the body of a human being "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: {human body}, {physical body}, {material body}, {soma}, {build}, {figure}, {physique}, {shape}, {bod}, {chassis}, {frame}, {form}, {flesh}] 3: a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes"
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