\A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl. {Anatomies}. [F. anatomie, L.
anatomia, Gr. ? dissection, fr. ? to cut up; ? + ? to cut.]
1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the
   different parts of any organized body, to discover their
   situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
2. The science which treats of the structure of organic
   bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
         Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together,
         according to the knowledge of them which is given us
         by anatomy.                           --Dryden.
Note: ``Animal anatomy'' is sometimes called {zomy};
      ``vegetable anatomy,'' {phytotomy}; ``human anatomy,''
      {anthropotomy}.
{Comparative anatomy} compares the structure of different
   kinds and classes of animals.
3. A treatise or book on anatomy.
4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual,
   for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the
   anatomy of a discourse.
5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has
   the appearance of being so.
         The anatomy of a little child, representing all
         parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than
         the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller.
         They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced
         villain, A mere anatomy.              --Shak.