anatomy

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The bodily structure of a plant or an animal or of any of its parts.
2. n. The science of the shape and structure of organisms and their parts.
3. n. A treatise on anatomic science.
4. n. Dissection of a plant or animal to study the structure, position, and interrelation of its various parts.
5. n. A skeleton.
6. n. The human body.
7. n. A detailed examination or analysis: the anatomy of a crime.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Dissection; the act or art of dissecting organized bodies with reference to their structure; the practice of anatomizing; anatomization.
2. n. That which is learned from dissection; the science of the bodily structure of animals and plants; the doctrines of organization derived from structure. See histology, organography, organology, morphology, zoötomy, phytotomy, anthropotomy.
3. n. Anatomical structure or organization; the formation and disposition of the parts of an organized body.
4. n. The structure of any inanimate body, as a machine; the structure of a thing, with reference to its parts.
5. n. A treatise on anatomical science or art; anatomical description or history; a manual of dissection.
6. n. Figuratively, any analysis or minute examination of the parts or properties of a thing, material, critical, or moral.
7. n. That which is dissected or results from dissection; a dissected body, part, or organ.
8. n. A subject of or for dissection; that which is or appears to be ready or fit for dissecting: in various obsolete, colloquial, or figurative uses. Specifically — A corpse procured or prepared for dissection. An anatomical model; a model of a dissected body, as in plaster, wax, or papier mâché, displaying the structure and position of parts or organs; an anatomical cast or waxwork. The solid or bony framework of a body; a skeleton.
9. n. Of persons, the body or any part of it; the physique, as if a mere anatomical structure.
10. n. A mummy; a corpse, dried and shriveled.
11. n. Figuratively, the withered, lifeless form of anything material or immaterial; meaningless form; shadow without substance
12. n. A comprehensive account of the anatomy of living organisms lower than man, or of any one group alone.
13. n. The examination and comparison of the structure of all animals, including man, with reference to morphology, organology, and taxonomy; anatomy in general.

Wiktionary

1. n. The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
2. n. The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
3. n. A treatise or book on anatomy.
4. n. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.
5. n. colloquial The form of individual, particularly a person, used in a tongue in cheek manner, as might be a term used by a medical professional, but in a markedly a less formal context, in which a touch of irony becomes apparent.
6. n. archaic A skeleton, or dead body.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
2. n. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
3. n. A treatise or book on anatomy.
4. n. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis.
5. n. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. alternative names for the body of a human being
2. n. a detailed analysis
3. n. the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals