anatomy
noun
[ əˈnatəmi ]
• the branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts.
• "he studied physiology and anatomy"
• a study of the structure or internal workings of something.
• "a detailed anatomy of a society and its institutions"
Similar:
analysis,
examination,
inspection,
survey,
study,
scrutiny,
perusal,
investigation,
exploration,
probe,
research,
inquiry,
dissection,
audit,
review,
evaluation,
interpretation,
anatomization,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French anatomie or late Latin anatomia, from Greek, from ana- ‘up’ + tomia ‘cutting’ (from temnein ‘to cut’).
