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anatomy

5 definitions • 8 examples
1
the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged:

Examples:

An understanding of human anatomy is important to a dancer.
He later became professor of anatomy at Kiel.
2
the structure of an animal or plant:

Examples:

the female anatomy
the anatomy of a leaf
3
a person's body:

Examples:

On which part of her anatomy is she tattooed?
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The whole play reads like an anatomy of evil.
5
the scientific study of the structure of animals or plants, or of a particular type of animal or plant:

Examples:

You have to know something about anatomy if you want to draw the human body well.
fig. He was studying the anatomy of long-term relationships (= their structure).

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