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noun anat·o·my \ə-ˈna-tə-mē\

Simple Definition of anatomy

Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

plural

1 : a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms
2 : a treatise on anatomical science or art
3 : the art of separating the parts of an organism in order to ascertain their position, relations, structure, and function : dissection
4 obsolete : a body dissected or to be dissected
5 : structural makeup especially of an organism or any of its parts
6 : a separating or dividing into parts for detailed examination : analysis
7 a (1) : skeleton (2) : mummy b : the human body

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

First Known Use: 14th century

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noun anat·o·my \ə-ˈna-tə-mē\

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1 : a science that has to do with the structure of living things
2 : the structural makeup especially of a person or animal <the anatomy of the cat>

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noun anat·o·my \ə-ˈnat-ə-mē\

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1: a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms—compare physiology 1
2: a treatise on anatomic science or art
3: the art of separating the parts of an organism in order to ascertain their position, relations, structure, and function : dissection
4: structural makeup especially of an organism or any of its parts