Definitions for anatomy

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anatomy a·nat·o·my

Spelling: [uh-nat-uh-mee]

IPA: /əˈnæt ə mi/

Anatomy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in anatomy (aamnoty).

Definitions for anatomy

noun

1. the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants.
2. the structure of an animal or plant, or of any of its parts.
3. dissection of all or part of an animal or plant in order to study its structure.
4. a plant or animal that has been or will be dissected, or a model of such a dissected organism.
5. a skeleton.
6. Informal. the human body.
7. an analysis or minute examination.

Origin of anatomy

1350-1400; Middle English Latin anatomia Greek anatom(ḗ) a cutting up (ana- ana- + tom- cut (variant of tem-) + -ē noun suffix) + -ia

Examples for anatomy

Michael Angelo maintained, that, to an architect, a knowledge of anatomy is essential.

His legs were the only part of his anatomy which seemed to him as long as his nose.

I had to describe the little ones with the minuteness of anatomy.

Can the anatomy of violence shed light on what made the Boston bombers tick?

Have a look here to understand the anatomy of a human joint.

The exceptions: Philip Roth, who on occasion (and in long stretches of The anatomy Lesson) makes my stomach hurt.

As picture teaches the coloring, so sculpture the anatomy of form.

He draws evidence from genetics, geography, paleontology, anatomy, and elsewhere.

My mother was an anatomy professor, so I grew up among bones on wires, organs in jars, and dissected bodies on marble-top tables.

Its use has practically been superseded by the study of anatomy.