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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•nat•o•my /əˈnætəmi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -mies. - Biology[uncountable] the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants.
- Biology[countable] the structure of an animal or plant, or of any of its parts.
See -tom-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•nat•o•my (ə nat′ə mē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mies. - Biologythe science dealing with the structure of animals and plants.
- Biologythe structure of an animal or plant, or of any of its parts.
- dissection of all or part of an animal or plant in order to study its structure.
- Biologya plant or animal that has been or will be dissected, or a model of such a dissected organism.
- Biologya skeleton.
- [Informal.]the human body.
- an analysis or minute examination.
- Greek anatom(é̄) a cutting up (ana- ana- + tom- cut (variant of tem-) + -ē noun, nominal suffix) + -ia -y3
- Latin anatomia
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: anatomy /əˈnætəmɪ/ n ( pl -mies)- the science concerned with the physical structure of animals and plants
- the physical structure of an animal or plant or any of its parts
- a book or treatise on this subject
- dissection of an animal or plant
- any detailed analysis: the anatomy of a crime
- informal the human body
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin anatomia, from Greek anatomē, from anatemnein to cut up, from ana- + temnein to cut |