anatomy

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English anatomie, from Old French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek *ἀνατομία (*anatomía), from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”, literally “cutting up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). By surface analysis, ana- +‎ -tomy. Doublet of ottomy. === Pronunciation === enPR: ənăt'-ə-m(ē), IPA(key): /əˈnæt.ə.mi/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ɐ.nɐ.tɔ.mi/ === Noun === anatomy (countable and uncountable, plural anatomies) The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy. Synonym: dissection The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Hyponyms: anthropotomy, phytotomy, zootomy (countable) A treatise or book on anatomy. (by extension) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts. Synonym: analysis (colloquial) The form of an individual. (euphemistic) The human body, especially in reference to the genitals. (countable, archaic) A skeleton or other dead body. , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1 p.68: So did the Ægyptians, who in the middest of their banquetings, and in the full of their greatest cheere, caused the anatomy of a dead man to be brought before them, as a memorandum and warning to their guests. The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it. ==== Hyponyms ==== anatomy of function, angioanatomy, comparative anatomy, gross anatomy, macroanatomy, microanatomy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === phytotomy zootomy