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Anatomy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Anatomy has 3 senses
- anatomy(n = noun.cognition) general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals; Array has particulars: applied anatomy, clinical anatomy, comparative anatomy, developmental anatomy, functional anatomy, morphophysiology, physiological anatomy, gross anatomy, macroscopic anatomy, microscopic anatomy, neuroanatomy, osteology, regional anatomy, topographic anatomy, topology
- anatomy(n = noun.body) bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" is a part of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, homo, human, human being, man
- anatomy(n = noun.act) Array - a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes" is a kind of analysis
is a kind of morphology
Derived forms adjective anatomic2, adjective anatomical2, verb anatomise1, noun anatomist1, verb anatomize1
is a kind of body, organic structure, physical structure
has particulars: person, juvenile body, adult body, male body, female body
Derived forms adjective anatomic1, adjective anatomical1, noun anatomist1
Derived forms verb anatomise1, verb anatomize2
CIDE DICTIONARY
Anatomy, n. [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. dissection, fr. to cut up; + to cut.].
- The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. [1913 Webster]
- The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. [1913 Webster]" “Animal anatomy” is sometimes called
zomy ; “vegetable anatomy,”phytotomy ; “human anatomy,”anthropotomy ." [1913 Webster]"Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy." [1913 Webster] - A treatise or book on anatomy. [1913 Webster]
- The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. [1913 Webster]
- A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. [1913 Webster]"The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature." [1913 Webster]"They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain,
A mere anatomy." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Anatomy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the science of the bodily structure of animals and plants.
2 this structure.
3 colloq. a human body.
4 analysis.
5 the dissection of the human body, animals, or plants.
1 the science of the bodily structure of animals and plants.
2 this structure.
3 colloq. a human body.
4 analysis.
5 the dissection of the human body, animals, or plants.
Etymology
F anatomie or LL anatomia f. Gk (as ANA-, -TOMY)
THESAURUS
Anatomy
aerobiology, agrobiology, amnion, analysis, analyzation, anatomist, anatomizing, angiography, angiology, animal physiology, anthropography, anthropologist, anthropology, anthropometry, anthropotomy, appendicular skeleton, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, assay, assaying, astrobiology, axial skeleton, bacteriology, behavioral science, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, bladder, bleb, blister, body, body-build, boll, bones, botany, breakdown, breaking down, breaking up, breakup, build, building, calyx, capsule, carcass, cell, cell physiology, clay, clod, comparative anatomy, composition, conchology, conformation, constitution, construction, corpus, craniology, craniometry, creation, cryobiology, cybernetics, cyst, cytology, demography, diaeresis, dissection, division, docimasy, ecology, electrobiology, embryology, entomology, enzymology, ethnobiology, ethnography, ethnologist, ethnology, ethology, exobiology, exoskeleton, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, figure, fistula, flesh, follicle, forging, form, format, formation, frame, gallbladder, genetics, geomorphology, getup, gnotobiotics, gravimetric analysis, helminthology, herpetology, histologist, histology, hulk, human ecology, human geography, ichthyology, legume, life science, loculus, make, makeup, making, malacology, mammalogy, manufacture, marsupium, material body, microbiology, mold, molding, molecular biology, morphologist, morphology, myography, myology, organic structure, organism, organization, organography, organology, ornithology, osteography, osteology, pattern, patterning, pericarp, person, pharmacology, physical body, physiology, physique, plan, pocket, pod, production, protozoology, proximate analysis, psychology, quantitative analysis, radiobiology, reduction to elements, resolution, sac, saccule, sacculus, saccus, science of man, scrotum, seedcase, segmentation, semimicroanalysis, separation, setup, shape, shaping, silique, sinus, skeleton, sociologist, sociology, soma, sound, splanchnography, splanchnology, stomach, structure, structuring, subdivision, taxidermy, taxonomy, tectology, tectonics, texture, tissue, torso, trunk, udder, vasculum, ventricle, vesica, vesicle, virology, warp and woof, weave, web, xenobiology, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomyROGET THESAURUS
Anatomy
Thinness
N narrowness, thinness, narrowness, closeness, exility, exiguity, line, hair's breadth, finger's breadth, strip, streak, vein, monolayer, epitaxial deposition, thinness, tenuity, emaciation, macilency, marcor, shaving, slip, thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy, spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone, middle constriction, stricture, neck, waist, isthmus, wasp, hourglass, ridge, ghaut, ghat, pass, ravine, narrowing, coarctation, angustation, tapering, contraction, narrow, close, slender, thin, fine, thread-like, finespun, gossamer, paper-thin, taper, slim, slight-made, scant, scanty, spare, delicate, incapacious, contracted, unexpanded &c (expand), slender as a thread, emaciated, lean, meager, gaunt, macilent, lank, lanky, weedy, skinny, scrawny slinky, starved, starveling, herring gutted, worn to a shadow, lean as a rake, thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer, hatchet-faced, lantern-jawed, attenuated, shriveled, extenuated, tabid, marcid, barebone, rawboned, monomolecular.Texture
N texture, structure (form), organization, anatomy, frame, mold, fabric, construction, framework, carcass, architecture, stratification, cleavage, substance, stuff, compages, parenchyma, constitution, staple, organism, organography, osteology, myology, splanchnology, neurology, angiography, adeology, angiography, adenography, texture, surface texture, intertexture, contexture, tissue, grain, web, surface, warp and woof, warp and weft, tooth, nap, flatness (smoothness), fineness of grain, coarseness of grain, dry goods, silk, satin, muslin, burlap, histology, structural, organic, anatomic, anatomical, textural, textile, fine grained, coarse grained, fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny, coarse, homespun, rough, gritty, smooth, smooth as silk, smooth as satin.Organization
N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.Zoology
N zoology, zoonomy, zoography, zootomy, anatomy, comparative anatomy, animal physiology, comparative physiology, morphology, mammalogy, anthropology, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, ophiology, malacology, helminthology, entomology, oryctology, paleontology, mastology, vermeology, ornithotomy, ichthyotomy, taxidermy, zoologist, zoological.
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