adjective · rare

anatomic

Of or pertaining to anatomy and dissection, or to individual structures of the anatomyOf or pertaining to anatomy and dissection, or to individual structures of the anatomy.

UK/ˌænəˈtɒm.ɪk/US/ˌæn.əˈtɑ.mɪk/

» I'm learning to sew an anatomic waistband on the skirt.

Meaning

1 senses

(not comparable)Of or pertaining to anatomy and dissection, or to individual structures of the anatomy.

More definitions

of or relating to the structure of the body
of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms

Examples

2 sentences

I'm learning to sew an anatomic waistband on the skirt.
CC BY · Tatoeba · beatrixvasc · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Wow, your neighbour is an anatomic bomb!
CC BY · Tatoeba · U2FS · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Origin

From French anatomique or its etymon Latin anatomicus, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομικός (anat

From French anatomique or its etymon Latin anatomicus, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομικός (anatomikós, “skilled in anatomy”). By surface analysis, anatomy + -ic.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Synonyms

1 synonyms

anatomical

Close in meaning

of or relating to the structure of the body:anatomical
of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms:anatomical

Word family

9 related words