anatomy

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈnætəmi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˈnætəmi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ə natə mē)

Inflections of 'anatomy' (n): npl: anatomies

anatomy
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Sense: The study of living organisms, especially of the body
Synonyms:
medicine Collocations, biology Collocations, zoology, histology, cytology, embryology, comparative anatomy, morphology, physiology, zootomy, genetics, etiology, ontogeny, morphography, science Collocations, ethnobiology, ethnology, biochemistry, pathology, aetiology
Sense: The body or its structure
Synonyms:
bone structure, frame Collocations, physique, body Collocations, physical structure, skeleton Collocations, form Collocations, figure Collocations, shape Collocations, build Collocations, carcass, bone house, body beautiful, chassis, bod (slang), human body, physiology, makeup Collocations
Sense: The act of dividing or separating for examination
Synonyms:
dissection, analysis Collocations, diagnosis Collocations, division Collocations, examination Collocations, section Collocations, autopsy, post mortem


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