[anat.o.my] n, pl -mies [LL anatomia dissection, fr. Gk anatome, fr. anatemnein to dissect, fr. ana- + temnein to cut] (14c) 1: a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms
2: a treatise on anatomic science or art
3: the art of separating the parts of an organism in order to ascertain their position, relations, structure, and function: dissection
4. obs: a body dissected or to be dissected
5: structural makeup esp. of an organism or any of its parts
6: a separating or dividing into parts for detailed examination: analysis
7. a (1): skeleton (2): mummy b: the human body -- an.a.tom.ic or an.a.tom.i.cal adj -- an.a.tom.i.cal.ly adv