anatomy
The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
Example
“Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.”
Other meanings
The study of the parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.
The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.
“I went to the Venice beach body-building competition and noticed the competitor from Athens, and let me tell you, that's what I call classic Greek anatomy.”
Synonyms
- general anatomy
Related words
- anatomiless
- anatomism
- eigenanatomy
- histoanatomy
- morphoanatomy
- myoanatomy
- neuroanatomy
- pathoanatomy
- sonoanatomy
- xenonatomy
- anatomic
- anatomical
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἀνατομή" (dissection).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “anatomy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.