Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-NAT'O-MY
A-NAT'O-MY, n. [Gr. ανατομη, of ανα, through, and τομη, a cutting.]
- The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of an animal body, to discover their situation, structure and economy.
- The doctrine of the structure of the body, learned by dissection; as, a physician understands anatomy.
- The act of dividing any thing, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; as, the anatomy of a plant, or of a discourse.
- The body stripped of its integuments and muscles; a skeleton, or the corporeal frame of bones entire, without the skin, flesh and vessels: an improper use of the word, and vulgar.
- Ironically, a meager person.
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