Anatomy
21anatomy — n. comparative; descriptive anatomy * * * [ə nætəmɪ] descriptive anatomy comparative …
22anatomy — noun 1 (U) the scientific study of the structure of human or animal bodies 2 (countable usually singular) the structure of body, or of a part of a body: the anatomy of the nervous system 3 often humorous your body: a part of his anatomy that I d… …
23anatomy — n. the study of the structure of living organisms. In medicine it refers to the study of the form and gross structure of the various parts of the human body. The term morphology is sometimes used synonymously with anatomy but it is usually used… …
24anatomy — Synonyms and related words: aerobiology, agrobiology, amnion, analysis, analyzation, anatomist, anatomizing, angiography, angiology, animal physiology, anthropography, anthropologist, anthropology, anthropometry, anthropotomy, appendicular… …
25anatomy — [14] Etymologically, anatomy means ‘cutting up’ (the Greek noun anatomíā was compounded from the prefix ana ‘up’ and the base *tom , which figures in several English surgical terms, such as tonsillectomy [19], as well as in atom and tome), and… …
26anatomy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. structure, framework; zootomy; analysis. See form, inquiry. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The study of living organisms, especially of the body] Syn. medicine, biology, zoology, histology, cytology,… …
27anatomy — The study of body structure, whether human or animal, including the bones, the muscles, and all the other parts. Knowledge of anatomy is important to drawing and sculpting human and animal figures well …
28anatomy — noun (plural anatomies) 1》 the branch of biology and medicine concerned with bodily structure, especially as revealed by dissection. ↘the bodily structure of an organism. 2》 a study of the structure or dynamics of something: a detailed… …
29anatomy — noun the anatomy of a frog Syn: bodily structure, makeup, composition, constitution, form, structure …
30anatomy — Study of the internal structure of organisms and their component parts; because plants, in general, have few organs (stems, roots, leaves, reproductive structures, etc.), ‘plant anatomy’ typically refers to the study of tissues and tissue… …
