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# anatomy

«anatomy» in Mova's school dictionary: **The study of the parts of the body and how they are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (anatomy, anatomies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The study of the parts of the body and how they are arranged: bones, muscles, organs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#m1)

2) The body structure of a person, animal or plant: «the anatomy of a frog». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#m2)

3) (informal, humorous) A part of the body: «He hurt a delicate part of his anatomy.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#m3)

4) A close, careful study of something: «the anatomy of a crime». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons «human anatomy» covers the skeleton, heart, lungs and other organs. Doctors and artists study anatomy. In books «The Anatomy of …» means a detailed study. Related words: anatomical, anatomist.

### examples

- We learned about the anatomy of the heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#x1)
- Doctors must study anatomy for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#x2)
- The poster shows the anatomy of a fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#x3)
- Leonardo da Vinci drew careful pictures of human anatomy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#x4)
- The anatomy of a flower includes petals, stamens and a pistil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#x5)
- The ball hit him in a painful part of his anatomy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#x6)
- When they were about half-way, the jelly fish, who knew very little of anatomy, began to wonder if the monkey had his liver with him or not! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/#x7)

### note

Say «uh-NAT-uh-mee». Anatomy is about structure (what parts there are); physiology is about how the parts work. Usually uncountable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «anatomy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anatomy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.