Anatomy

Definition of Anatomy

A`nat´o`my
n.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.
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.

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