# anatomy

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈnæt.ə.mi/ · frequency rank #7,768

## Definitions
1. The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.
2. The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
3. A treatise or book on anatomy.
4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.
5. The form of an individual.
6. The human body, especially in reference to the genitals.
7. A skeleton or other dead body.
8. The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.

## Etymology
From Middle English anatomie, from Old French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek *ἀνατομία (*anatomía), from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”, literally “cutting up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). By surface analysis, ana- + -tomy. Doublet of ottomy.

## Easily confused with
- **Antony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anatomy-vs-antony)
- **analogy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/analogy-vs-anatomy)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aantomy`, `anaotmy`, `anatmoy`, `anatommy`, `anatomyy`, `anatoym`, `anattomy`, `annatomy`, `antaomy`, `naatomy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/anatomy