the branch of science that studies the parts and structure of living things
In medical school, students spend hours learning anatomy with plastic models and cadavers.
The professor projected a 3-D heart model to explain human anatomy.
✦ From Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek anatomē ‘dissection’, literally ‘a cutting up’.
the physical structure or makeup of a living thing or object
The anatomy of a bird includes hollow bones that make flight easier.
Paleontologists reconstructed the dinosaur’s anatomy from its fossilized bones.
informal or humorous word for a person’s body
Ted slipped on the ice and landed flat on his anatomy.
The doctor asked the patient to point to the part of his anatomy that hurt.
a detailed analysis or examination of the parts of something abstract, such as an event or idea
The book offers an anatomy of modern political campaigning.
Journalists published an anatomy of the scandal, showing exactly where the money went.
