[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

anatomy \anat"omy\, 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.
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   2. the science which treats of the structure of organic
      bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
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            let the muscles be well inserted and bound together,
            according to the knowledge of them which is given us
            by anatomy.                           --dryden.
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   note: "animal anatomy" is sometimes called zomy; "vegetable
         anatomy," phytotomy; "human anatomy," anthropotomy.
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   comparative anatomy compares the structure of different
      kinds and classes of animals.
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   3. a treatise or book on anatomy.
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   4. the act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual,
      for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the
      anatomy of a discourse.
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   5. a skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has
      the appearance of being so.
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            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.
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            they brought one pinch, a hungry, lean-faced
            villain,
            a mere anatomy.                       --shak.
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see also:
anatomies zomy phytotomy anthropotomy comparative anatomy 

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