How to Spell anatomy

anatomy

anatomy - noun

  • A branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms
  • A treatise on {a_link|anatomical} science or art
  • The art of separating the parts of an organism in order to ascertain their position, relations, structure, and function : dissection
  • A body dissected or to be dissected
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"the anatomy of birds"

Usage examples

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Etymology

Greek

Late Latin anatomia dissection, from Greek anatomฤ“, from anatemnein to dissect, from ana- + temnein to cut

Word family

anatomical, anatomist

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