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anatomy

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"Study of the body"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /əˈnætəmi/Part of speech nounSorted aamnotyStarts with AEnds with Y2 cluesVery common crossword word
1A2N3A4T5O6M7Y

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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.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Study of the body7 letters
02Body structure7 letters

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