ANATOMY

[noun] [U] - the scientific study of the inner structure of animals or plantsAn understanding of human anatomy is important to a dancer. [U]He studied medicine at five German universities, and in 1876 became professor of anatomy at Kiel. [U]Today's lecture was on the anatomy of leaves/leaf anatomy. [U](esp. humorous) Anatomy can be used to mean body.On which part of her anatomy is she tattooed? [C](figurative literary) The whole play reads like an anatomy (= examination) of evil. [C]