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phytotomy 植物解剖学 植物解剖学 Phytotomy \ Phy* tot" o* my\, n. [ Phyto- Gr. te` mnein to cut.] The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy. [ 1913 Webster]
Anatomy \ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. [ 1913 Webster] Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Note: " Animal anatomy" is sometimes called { zomy}; " vegetable anatomy," { phytotomy}; " human anatomy," { anthropotomy}. [ 1913 Webster] { Comparative anatomy} compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A treatise or book on anatomy. [ 1913 Webster] 4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean- faced villain, A mere anatomy. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
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