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   Anatomy , n.; pl. Anatomies . [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr.  dissection, fr.  to cut up;  +  to cut.]
   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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   Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy.
   Dryden.
   
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   ☞ “Animal anatomy” is sometimes called zomy; “vegetable anatomy,” phytotomy; “human anatomy,” anthropotomy.
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   Comparative anatomy compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals.
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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.
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   The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature.
   Fuller.
   
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   They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain,
   A mere anatomy.
   Shak.
   
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