anatomy

noun

1. 1

   The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.

2. 2

   The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.

   “Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.”

3. 3

   A treatise or book on anatomy.

4. 4

   (by extension) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.

   “Burton's famous treatise, "The Anatomy of Melancholy"”

5. 5

   The form of an individual.

   “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.”

6. 6

   The human body, especially in reference to the private parts.

7. 7

   A skeleton, or dead body.

8. 8

   The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.