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anatomy

/əˈnætəmi/ Australia, US, UK
/əˈnatəmɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
/əˈnatəme/ Scotland
/-mɪ/ Scotland
/-mi/ Scotland
/əˈnɛtəmi/ New Zealand

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-

Proto-Hellenic *aná

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)

Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-)

Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)

Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin anatomiader.

Old French anatomiebor.

Middle English anatomie

English anatomy

From Middle English anatomie, from Old French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”, literally “cutting up”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). By surface analysis, ana- + -tomy. Doublet of ottomy.

noun anatomies

countable, uncountable The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.
countable, uncountable The study of the parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.
countable, uncountable The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it. I went to the Venice beach body-building competition and noticed the competitor from Athens, and let me tell you, that's what I call classic Greek anatomy.
countable A treatise or book on anatomy.
colloquial, countable, uncountable The form of an individual.
countable, euphemistic, uncountable The human body, especially in reference to the genitals. His extraordinary suggestion is that the future PM inserted a private part of his anatomy into the animal's mouth.
archaic, countable A skeleton or other dead body. So did the Ægyptians, who in the middest of their banquetings, and in the full of their greatest cheere, caused the anatomy of a dead man to be brought before them, as a memorandum and warning to their guests.
broadly, countable, uncountable The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts. the anatomy of a discourse

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