anatomical

adj
/æ.nəˈtɒ.mɪ.kəl/UK/æ.nəˈtɑ.mɪ.kəl/US/æ.nəˈtɔ.mɪ.kəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω (anatémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ) Ancient Greek *ἀνατομία (*anatomía)bor. Latin anatomiader. French anatomie Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French anatomiquebor. Latin anatomicusbor. English anatomic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English anatomical From anatomic + -al, after -ical. By surface analysis, anatomy + -ical.

  1. derived from ἀνατομικός — “skilled in anatomy
  2. borrowed from anatomicus
  3. borrowed from anatomique
  4. formed as anatomical — “anatomic + -al

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to anatomy or dissection.

    • The two species have some anatomical similarities.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at anatomical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at anatomical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at anatomical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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