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Definition

the medical study of the structure of the body — as in "to study anatomy"

or more rarely: the structure of a body — as in "a part of the anatomy"

or still more rarely: any detailed analysis — as in "anatomy of the disaster"

The anatomy of the frog is similar to that of a person.

anatomy = structure of the body

She got an "A" in her anatomy class.
Over millions of years, the bird has developed an anatomy that enables it to fly.
David Almond -- Skellig

anatomy = body structure

He knew about as much as was known about the anatomy of the brain and the symptoms and severities of lesion and thrombus.
John Steinbeck -- East of Eden
Actually, Dick's neck was not the part of his anatomy that most immediately troubled him.
Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
He went over biology, microbiology, anatomy, and physiology.
Sampon Davis, et. al. -- We Beat the Street
People wouldn't learn much about anatomy from him but they would learn all there was to know about war.
Dalton Trumbo -- Johnny Got His Gun
Even Beatrice wasn't sure, turning the viewfinder sideways and upside down as she tried in vain to identify a telltale part of owl anatomy.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
"I know anatomy," she said.
Dean Koontz -- Sole Survivor
She already knew that the killer was obsessed with bones and knew his anatomy well.
Ted Dekker -- BoneMan's Daughters
They were grateful for the donated books, because they only had ten of the textbooks required for the advanced anatomy course, Mortenson learned.
Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin -- Three Cups of Tea
My first lecture each morning was anatomy.
Gloria Whelan -- Listening for Lions
The Aurora's intricate anatomy scrolled before my mind's eye.
Kenneth Oppel -- Airborn
Anatomy and medical texts, mostly.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
These bunches have since been named rather aptly, by that distinguished anatomist, Professor Howes, the hands.
H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds
After all, hadn't she quite enjoyed that lecture on anatomy she had attended?
Terry Pratchett -- Nation
Your mother is a moer"—moer being a vulgar term for an intimate part of a woman's anatomy.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
—O, tell me, friar, tell me, In what vile part of this anatomy Doth my name lodge? tell me, that I may sack The hateful mansion.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
He prepared a suitable animal, choosing a rhesus monkey because its anatomy was more human than a rat's.
Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
She is a graduate of Harvard and New York Medical College, where her favorite professor was a Franciscan priest who taught anatomy.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II

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