anatomy
The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
The study of the parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.
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.”
A treatise or book on anatomy.
Etymology
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.
Similar and opposite words
ANATOMY at a glance
ANATOMY has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (A 1 + N 1 + A 1 + T 1 + O 1 + M 3 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,649 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with anatomy
All rhymes- ECONOMY14
- AUTONOMY13
- ASTRONOMY14
- GLOOMY12
- DICHOTOMY20
- TAXONOMY20
- HYSTERECTOMY25
- MASTECTOMY19
- VASECTOMY19
- ROOMY10
- GASTRONOMY16
- LOBOTOMY15
Keep going
Related lists
Looking for a different word?
Type the letters you have and the Finder shows every word that fits.