an at'omy

[G. anaiome, di ection, from ana, up, tome, a cutting.] i. The structure of an organism, morphology, u. The science of the morphology or structure of organisms. 3. Di ection. 4. work describing the form and structure of an organism and of its various parts, applied' a., anatomical knowledge utilized in the diagnosis of disease and in treatment, especially surgical treatment, artifi'cial a., the manufacture of models of anatomical structures, or the study of a. from such models, clas'tic a., the manufacture of models in layers which can be removed one after the other to show the structure of the deeper parts also the study of a. by means of such models, compar'ative a., (i) anatomy of the lower animals; (2) the comparative study of the human body with those of other animals and observation of analogous and homologous parts. descrip'tive a., a description of, especially a treatise describing, physical structure, more particularly that of man. gen'eral a., the study especially of the structure, gro and minute, of the body, gro a., general a., so far as it can be studied without the use of the microscope. med'ical a., anatomy in its bearing upon the diagnosis and treatment of internal (non-surgical) disorders, minute' a., the study of the intimate structure of the ti ues invisible to the naked