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Di ection. 2. Analysis. 3. The science of structure of an organism; of the examination and appreciation of its several parts and of their relations to each other and to the functions of the organism, applied a. A. in its relations to the diagnosis and treatment of disease, artificial a. The art of making models in wax or other material to illustrate a., normal or pathological, artistic a. That branch of a. which deals with the external form of the human body, or that of the other mammal i a, in its various attitudes, as an aid to painters and sculptors, comparative a. The study or science of the anatomic and structural relations between the lower animals and man. corrosion a. The study of a. by destroying obscure parts by corrosion, the elements it is desired to observe, such as ducts and ve els, having previously been injected with some substance that resists the action of the. corrosive agent, so that, on the completion of the proce , their exact form is represented, descriptive a. A. studied by a separate consideration of the different systems in an organism, with reference to their relation to other systems, general a. A consideration of the ti ues and fluids of the body in general, with the properties of the ti ues and their arrangement into systems. gro a. A. without reference to the minute structure of parts, histological a. See histology. homological a. That branch of a. which deals with the correlation of parts, human a. The a. of man, i. e. of the human body. macroscopic a. See gro a. medical a. The application of a. to the study of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of non-surgical diseases, microscopic a. 1. Histology. 2. The study of microscopic organisms, minute a. See histology and microscopic a. morbid a. See pathological a. paleontological a. The study of fo il remains with a view to their cla ification, pathological a. The science of the anatomical changes in the solids and fluids of the body which result from or give rise to disease, and of the relations between these changes and the phenomena of disease, physiological a. Anatomical study of the ti ues for the purpose of ascertaining their functions, practical a. 1. Di ection. 2. Applied a. preservative a. The preservation of anatomical specimens, regional a. See topographical a. special a. The a. of a single species, or of a single system, apparatus, or organ, surgical a. The application of a. to the elucidation of surgical diseases and the performance of surgical operations, theoretical a. 1. The science of a. as opposed to the practice of di ection. 2. Transcendental a. topographical a. A study of structures met in any particular part ANDIRA ARAROBA of the body, with regard to their relation to each other, transcendental a. A. in its bearings upon theories of type, evolution, developmental changes, the adaptation of means to ends, etc. vegetable a. The a. of plants, veterinary a. The a. of domesticated animals. [Gr., an a to me, di ection, from ana, up, + temnein, to cut.]