Definitions
a detailed analysis
Word origin
From Middle English anatomie, from Old French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek *ἀνατομία (*anatomía), from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”, literally “cutting up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). By surface analysis, ana- + -tomy. Doublet of ottomy.
Used in a sentence
“Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.”
“Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Study of the body”7 letters
02“Body structure”7 letters
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