anatomy

Study(10)

/əˈnæt.ə.mi/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

animal, human | female, male | comparative

VERB + ANATOMY

study

Medical students spend years learning anatomy before they can practice surgery.

PHRASES

part of your anatomy

The doctor examined every part of my anatomy to find the source of the pain.

Definitions

noun

The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.

The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.

Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.

Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy.

A treatise or book on anatomy.

The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.

the anatomy of a discourse

the anatomy of love

The form of an individual.

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — alternative names for the body of a human being

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.

Wiktionary

Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy.

Wiktionary

the anatomy of a discourse

Wiktionary

What part of Betty Grable's anatomy was famously insured for $1,000,000?

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Elisa has enrolled in the anatomy department.

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Every student of biology, anatomy, anthropology, ethnology or psychology is familiar with these facts.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, anatomy is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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