anatomy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: anatomy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for anatomy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anatomy n the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals Synonym(s): anatomy, general anatomy alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" Synonym(s): human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anatomy \Anat"omy\, n.; pl. {Anatomies}. [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. [?] dissection, fr. [?] to cut up; [?] + [?] to cut.] 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. 2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. --Dryden. Note: [bd]Animal anatomy[b8] is sometimes called {zomy}; [bd]vegetable anatomy,[b8] {phytotomy}; [bd]human anatomy,[b8] {anthropotomy}. {Comparative anatomy} compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals. 3. A treatise or book on anatomy. 4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. 5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. --Shak.