anatomy

IPA: ʌnˈætʌmi

noun

  • The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.
  • The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
  • (countable) A treatise or book on anatomy.
  • (by extension) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.
  • (colloquial) The form of an individual.
  • (euphemistic) 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.
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Examples of "anatomy" in Sentences

  • Your knowledge of brain anatomy exceeds your knowledge of geography.
  • This is something you find in anatomy texts or medicine, not martial arts.
  • Hanks may not have been an expert in anatomy, but he understood composition just fine.
  • At times, characters look flat or anatomy is slightly off, but these mistakes are rare.
  • Visualization of anatomy is often much better, providing more information to the surgeon
  • Dear Citizen: We at the Department of Homeland Security are pleased to hear your anatomy is in good working order.
  • I don't like a lot of furry art, but I like Taral's - supple linework, solid foundation in anatomy, a profoundly ineluctable cuteness and likeability to everything he does.
  • What could have been more natural, then, than that Ballard the student should devote himself to classes in anatomy, spending quality time with corpses, some of whom, in life, had been dedicated professors in the department.

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