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  Anatomy
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  • n anatomy a detailed analysis "he studied the anatomy of crimes"
  • n 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"
  • n anatomy the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
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• Interesting fact: Grey's Anatomy (the medical book most every doctor, nurse, biologist, etc. is trained on in most every university) was compiled using detailed pictures of dead Jews that Hitler and the 3rd Reich experimented on, most of which where dissected while still alive. Although the medical community knows this fact, they continue using the book due to its detail and real-life pictures.
• • Anatomy 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.""They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain,
    A mere anatomy ."
  • Anatomy A treatise or book on anatomy.
  • Anatomy The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.
  • Anatomy The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
  • Anatomy 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 ."
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• Interesting fact: DaVinci made detailed drawings of human anatomy, which are still highly regarded today.
• • n anatomy Dissection; the act or art of dissecting organized bodies with reference to their structure; the practice of anatomizing; anatomization.
  • n anatomy That which is learned from dissection; the science of the bodily structure of animals and plants; the doctrines of organization derived from structure. See histology, organography, organology, morphology, zoötomy, phytotomy, anthropotomy.
  • n anatomy Anatomical structure or organization; the formation and disposition of the parts of an organized body.
  • n anatomy The structure of any inanimate body, as a machine; the structure of a thing, with reference to its parts.
  • n anatomy A treatise on anatomical science or art; anatomical description or history; a manual of dissection.
  • n anatomy Figuratively, any analysis or minute examination of the parts or properties of a thing, material, critical, or moral.
  • n anatomy That which is dissected or results from dissection; a dissected body, part, or organ.
  • n anatomy A subject of or for dissection; that which is or appears to be ready or fit for dissecting: in various obsolete, colloquial, or figurative uses. Specifically — A corpse procured or prepared for dissection. An anatomical model; a model of a dissected body, as in plaster, wax, or papier mâché, displaying the structure and position of parts or organs; an anatomical cast or waxwork. The solid or bony framework of a body; a skeleton.
  • n anatomy Of persons, the body or any part of it; the physique, as if a mere anatomical structure.
  • n anatomy A mummy; a corpse, dried and shriveled.
  • n anatomy Figuratively, the withered, lifeless form of anything material or immaterial; meaningless form; shadow without substance
  • n anatomy A comprehensive account of the anatomy of living organisms lower than man, or of any one group alone.
  • n anatomy The examination and comparison of the structure of all animals, including man, with reference to morphology, organology, and taxonomy; anatomy in general.
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• • n Anatomy an-a′tom-i the art of dissecting any organised body: science of the structure of the body learned by dissection: a skeleton, a shrivelled and shrunken body, a mummy:
  • n Anatomy an-a′tom-i (fig.) the lifeless form or shadow of anything: humorously for the body generally: the detailed analysis of anything, as in Burton's famous treatise, The Anatomy of Melancholy
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  “God knows best; he hasn't arranged your anatomy so as to make it easy for you to pat yourself on the back.”
• Sigmund Freud

  

  “Anatomy is destiny.”
• John Locke

  

  “Logic is the anatomy of thought.”
• Groucho Marx

  

  “Whoever named it necking is a poor judge of anatomy.”

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