1. (n.) The study of the structure of organisms, including the human body; anatomical structure or organization.
2. (n.) The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
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.) A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.
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