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anatomy

noun
/əˈnætəmi/US/əˈnatəmɪj/

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. Old French anatomiebor. Middle English anatomie English anatomy From Middle English anatomie, from Old French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek *ἀνατομία (*anatomía), from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”, literally “cutting up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). By surface analysis, ana- + -tomy. Doublet of ottomy.

  1. derived from *ἀνατομία✻
  2. derived from anatomia
  3. derived from anatomie
  4. inherited from anatomie

Definitions

  1. The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies

    The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.

    • Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.
    • Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy.

  2. The study of the parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and…

    The study of the parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.

  3. The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.

    • I went to the Venice beach body-building competition and noticed the competitor from Athens, and let me tell you, that's what I call classic Greek anatomy.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A treatise or book on anatomy.

    2. The form of an individual.

    3. The human body, especially in reference to the genitals.

      • His extraordinary suggestion is that the future PM inserted a private part of his anatomy into the animal's mouth.
      • On the debate stage days later, Trump wanted all of America to know there was "no problem" with the size of his hands — or any other part of his anatomy.

    4. A skeleton or other dead body.

      • So did the Ægyptians, who in the middest of their banquetings, and in the full of their greatest cheere, caused the anatomy of a dead man to be brought before them, as a memorandum and warning to their guests.

    5. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its…

      The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.

      • the anatomy of a discourse
      • the anatomy of love
      • Burton's famous treatise, "The Anatomy of Melancholy"

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Derived

anatomic, anatomical, anatomically correct, anatomiless, anatomise, anatomism, anatomist, anatomize, eigenanatomy, histoanatomy, morphoanatomy, myoanatomy, neuroanatomy, pathoanatomy, sonoanatomy, xenonatomy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at anatomy. 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 anatomy. 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 anatomy

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

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