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anatomy

noun/əˈnætəmi/ (uh-NAT-uh-mee)Level B2
anatomy meaning picture: A bright anatomy hall in an Indian medical college; a group of students in white coats gather around a professor who poi
Picture meaning of “anatomy” — the structure of a body; also a detailed examination of how something works

the structure of a body; also a detailed examination of how something works

Anatomy is the science of how bodies are built, studied by medical students. Journalists borrow it for a detailed breakdown of an event: 'the anatomy of a riot' or 'the anatomy of a scam'.

anatomy meaning in Hindi

शरीर रचना; किसी चीज़ की बनावट, या किसी घटना की विस्तृत पड़ताल

Anatomy शरीर की बनावट का विज्ञान है जिसे मेडिकल छात्र पढ़ते हैं। पत्रकार इसे किसी घटना के विस्तृत विश्लेषण के लिए उधार लेते हैं: 'the anatomy of a riot' या 'the anatomy of a scam'।

Examples

  1. The investigative report offers an anatomy of the stock market fraud, tracing every shell company involved.खोजी रिपोर्ट शेयर बाज़ार घोटाले की पूरी शरीर रचना (anatomy) पेश करती है, जिसमें हर शामिल शेल कंपनी का पता लगाया गया है।
  2. First-year medical students spend long hours in the anatomy hall learning the structure of the human body.प्रथम वर्ष के मेडिकल छात्र मानव शरीर की बनावट सीखने में एनाटॉमी हॉल में लंबे घंटे बिताते हैं।

Synonyms & antonyms

structuremake-updissection

Memory trick

ANA-TOMY: 'tomy' means cutting (as in appendectomy); anatomy cuts a thing open to see how it is built.

💡 Did you know?

Andreas Vesalius published a detailed illustrated book on human anatomy in 1543 that corrected many errors passed down from ancient authors.

Word origin

From Greek 'anatome' (dissection), from 'ana-' (up) and 'temnein' (to cut).

Other meanings

noun The study of the internal structure of organisms, usually by dissection, as opposed to external form (morphology).

noun The study of the structure of the body.

adjective relating to the structure of the body

anatomy meaning in other languages

Hindi · हिन्दीशरीर रचना; किसी चीज़ की बनावट, या किसी घटना की विस्तृत पड़ताल
Arabic · العربيةالتشريح؛ بنية الجسم، أو فحص مفصّل لكيفية عمل شيء ما
French · Françaisanatomie ; structure d'un corps, ou examen détaillé du fonctionnement de quelque chose
Indonesian · Bahasa Indonesiaanatomi; struktur tubuh, atau pemeriksaan rinci tentang cara kerja sesuatu
Chinese · 中文解剖学;身体的结构;也指对某事运作方式的详细剖析

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