Definition of: anatomy

(ə·nat′ə·mē) noun plural ·mies
1. The science of the structure of organisms, as of the human body, and of the interrelations of their parts.
2. The art or practice of dissection in order to investigate the structure, position, and interrelationship of organs.
3. A textbook or treatise dealing with the art or practice of dissection.
4. A skeleton.
5. An anatomical model, showing the structure, position, and interrelationship of organs.
6. Any kind of analysis or close examination. [ < F anatomie < L anatomia < Gk. anatomia, earlier anatomē dissection < anatemnein cut up < ana- up + temnein cut]