ETYM Cf. French anatomiste.
An expert in anatomy.

ETYM French anatomie, Latin anatomia, Greek, dissection, from anatemnein to cut up; ana + temnein to cut.
1. A detailed analysis.
2. The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals.
Study of structure of body; art of dissecting; structure; analysis; skeleton; very thin person.
Study of the structure of the body and its component parts, especially the human body, as distinguished from physiology, which is the study of bodily functions.
Herophilus of Chalcedon (c. 330–c. 260 BC) is regarded as the founder of anatomy. In the 2nd century AD, the Graeco-Roman physician Galen produced an account of anatomy that was the only source of anatomical knowledge until On the Working of the Human Body 1543 by Belgian physician Andreas Vesalius. In 1628, English physician William Harvey published his demonstration of the circulation of the blood. With the invention of the microscope, Italian physiologist Marcello Malpighi and Dutch microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek were able to found the study of histology. In 1747, Albinus (1697–1770), with the help of the artist Wandelaar (1691–1759), produced the most exact account of the bones and muscles, and in 1757–65 Swiss biologist Albrecht von Haller gave the most complete and exact description of the organs that had yet appeared. Among the anatomical writers of the early 19th century are the surgeon Charles Bell (1774–1842), Jonas Quain (1796–1865), and Henry Gray (1825–1861). Radiographic anatomy (using X-ray.
S; see radiography) has been one of the triumphs of the 20th century, which has also been marked by immense activity in embryological investigation.

Human anatomy.

Dissection of animals; comparative anatomy; study of animal anatomy.

(Alternate spelling: anatomise).
To dissect in order to analyze; SYN. anatomise.

ETYM Latin anatomicus, Greek: cf. French anatomique. Related to Anatomy.
1. Of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms; SYN. anatomical.
2. Of or relating to the structure of the body; SYN. anatomical.

Of or relating to the structure of the body; anatomic.

With respect to anatomy.