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• anatomy — [n1] study of animal, plant structure analysis, biology, cytology, diagnosis, dissection, division, embryology, etiology, examination, genetics, histology, inquiry, investigation, medicine, morphology, physiology, zoology; concept 349 anatomy… …   New thesaurus

• anatomy — [ə nat′ə mē] n. pl. anatomies [ME & OFr anatomie < LL anatomia < Gr anatomia, anatomē, a cutting up < anatemnein < ana , up + temnein, to cut: see TOMY] 1. the dissecting of an animal or plant in order to determine the position,… …   English World dictionary

• anatomy — /euh nat euh mee/, n., pl. anatomies. 1. the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants. 2. the structure of an animal or plant, or of any of its parts. 3. dissection of all or part of an animal or plant in order to study its… …   Universalium

• anatomy —   Study of the internal structure of organisms and their component parts; because plants, in general, have few organs (stems, roots, leaves, reproductive structures, etc.), ‘plant anatomy’ typically refers to the study of tissues and tissue… …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

• anatomy — /əˈnætəmi / (say uh natuhmee) noun (plural anatomies) 1. the structure of an animal or plant, or of any of its parts. 2. the science of the structure of animals and plants. 3. dissection of animals or plants, or their parts, for study of… …  

• anatomy — n. (pl. ies) 1 the science of the bodily structure of animals and plants. 2 this structure. 3 colloq. a human body. 4 analysis. 5 the dissection of the human body, animals, or plants. Etymology: F anatomie or LL anatomia f. Gk (as ANA , TOMY) …   Useful english dictionary

• anatomy — a•nat•o•my [[t]əˈnæt ə mi[/t]] n. pl. mies 1) bio the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants 2) bio the structure of an animal or plant, or of any of its parts 3) bio ter dissection of all or part of an animal or plant in order… …   From formal English to slang

• Plant anatomy — or phytotomy is the general term for the study of the internal structure of plants. While originally it included plant morphology, which is the description of the physical form and external structure of plants, since the mid Twentieth Century the …   Wikipedia

• Evolutionary history of plants — Plants have evolved through increasing levels of complexity, from the earliest algal mats, through bryophytes, lycopods, ferns and gymnosperms to the complex angiosperms of today. While the simple plants continue to thrive, especially in the… …   Wikipedia

• Organ (anatomy) — For the musical instrument, see Organ (music). In biology, an organ (Latin: organum, instrument, tool , from Greek ὄργανον, organon, organ, instrument, tool [1]) is a collection of tissues joined in structural unit to serve a common function. [2] …   Wikipedia