anatomy

  1. Noun.  The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
  2. Noun.  The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
  3. Noun.  A treatise or book on anatomy.
  4. Noun.  The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.
  5. Noun.  (colloquial) The form of an individual, particularly a person, used in a tongue in cheek manner, as might be a term used by a medical professional, but in a markedly a less formal context, in which a touch of irony becomes apparent.
  6. Noun.  (archaic) A skeleton, or dead body.

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