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
- The anatomy of fish vary through the sex.
- The anatomy of the order is studied by few people.
- The explanation involves the anatomy of the brainstem.
- Little is known of the internal anatomy of the Protoss.
- These are the essays on the morbid anatomy of the human eye.
- In human anatomy, the forehead is the fore part of the head.
- In 1600 he was appointed to the chair of Botany and of Anatomy.
- In the human anatomy, the chin is the lowermost part of the face.
- Some parts of our anatomy are kind of the boss to the rest of the body.
- In anatomy, a natural stoma is any opening in the body, such as the mouth.
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