anatomy
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anatomy/əˈnatəmi/
▶noun (pl. anatomies)
- 1 the branch of biology and medicine concerned with bodily structure, especially as revealed by dissection.
■ the bodily structure of an organism.
- 2 a study of the structure or dynamics of something: a detailed anatomy of a society.
– derivatives
anatomist noun.
anatomist noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. anatomie or late L. anatomia, from Gk, from ana- ‘up’ + tomia ‘cutting’.
'anatomy' also found in these Oxford entries:
abdominal
- abducens nerves
- accessory nerves
- acetabulum
- acinus
- acromion
- adnexa
- agonist
- alar
- alisphenoid
- alveolar
- alveolus
- ampulla
- amygdala
- anatomical
- anatomize
- anogenital
- anorectal
- antagonist
- anterior
- antero-
- anterolateral
- anteroposterior
- anteverted
- antrum
- anvil
- aponeurosis
- apophysis
- appendix
- aqueduct
- arachnoid
- arborization
- areola
- arteriole
- arteriovenous
- articular
- arytenoid
- astrocyte
- atlas
- atomy
- atrioventricular
- atrium
- auricle
- axilla
- axis
- azygous
- Bartholin's gland
- basal ganglia
- basement membrane
