Meaning Of Anatomy

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The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.

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The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.

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A treatise or book on anatomy.

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The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.

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A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.