Anatomie

See also: anatomie and anatomìe

German

Etymology

From Late Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομία (anatomía), from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, incise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔanatoˈmiː/
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  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Anatomie f (genitive Anatomie, plural Anatomien)

  1. (biology) Anatomy, study of the structure of living beings.
  2. (biology) Dissection.
  3. (biology) Structural makeup of an organism or parts thereof.
  4. Anatomy department, anatomical institute.
  5. Treatise on the science of anatomy.

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