Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

  2. (countable, uncountable)The study of the parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.

    Anatomie

    анатомирова́ниеanatomirovánije, анато́мияanatómija

    анато́міяanatómija

  3. (countable, uncountable)The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.

    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.

  4. (countable)A treatise or book on anatomy.

  5. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)The form of an individual.

  6. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable)The human body, especially in reference to the genitals.

    alternative names for the body of a human being

  7. (broadly, countable, uncountable)The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.

    the anatomy of a discourse

    the anatomy of love

  8. (archaic, countable)A skeleton or other dead body.

Examples

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  1. She's an expert in human anatomy.

    deSie ist eine Expertin der menschlichen Anatomie.

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  2. Yanni wasn't educated in human anatomy.

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  3. He's got no idea about anatomy.

    deEr weiß gar nichts über Anatomie.

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  4. He has no idea about anatomy.

    deEr weiß gar nichts über Anatomie.

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  5. He knows absolutely nothing about anatomy.

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Translations

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Українська
By meaning 1
art of studying the different parts of any organized body:
Русский
By meaning 1
art of studying the different parts of any organized body:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
art of studying the different parts of any organized body:

Origin

From Middle English anatomie, from Old French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient

From Middle English anatomie, from Old French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”, literally “cutting up”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). By surface analysis, ana- + -tomy. Doublet of ottomy.

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