Occupation or Discipline
anatomy Audio
a·nat·o·my [ uh-nat-uh-mee ]
Subclass of:
Biological Science Disciplines
Definitions related to science of anatomy:
  • (anatomy) A branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (anatomy) The study of the structure of a plant or animal.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (anatomical sciences) The science concerned with the physical structure of animals and plants.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Anatomy, a field in the biological sciences concerned with the identification and description of the body structures of living things. Gross anatomy involves the study of major body structures by dissection and observation and in its narrowest sense is concerned only with the human body. "Gross...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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