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anatomically

anatomically

14 6.7
In a way that relates to the parts and structure of a body
  • adverb
  • /əˈnætəˌmɪkli/
translation icon : anatómicamente
  • Due to the geometry within the knee, the anatomically neutral position of the patella can display a high degree of variability.
  • anatomically modern
  • anatomically modern humans
  • anatomically correct

I think when they're anatomically accurate, there's it's a good base for a personality like that bird.

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Examples

  • The investigator should bring along anatomically correct dolls or other necessary equipment.

    Academic text (1992)
  • What I typically do with a gunshot wound to the head case is I'll try to reconstruct the skull by taking the fragments and putting them back into the place where they belong anatomically.

  • I thought, God, imagine if I had ordered an anatomically correct this one.

  • Now, you see here, brain on the left and the heart on the right, anatomically perfectly correct.

  • OK, so the bones in my hand are from an anatomically correct model that I bought.

  • An in vitro experiment can use an anatomically realistic model of the human heart, through which researchers can pump blood.

    Academic text (2004)
  • We may behave like omnivores but anatomically, we're frugivores.

  • KENYA: Recently discovered footprints are the earliest-known evidence of anatomically modern feet.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The rabbit femoral artery model was chosen because the arterial wall structure of rabbits is anatomically analogous to human vessels.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The teacher used an anatomically correct model to demonstrate how the human body functions.

Synonyms

structurally
vsanatomically
21 5.0

In a way that changes the parts that hold something together

applies to the physical makeup of organisms' parts
morphologically
vsanatomically
  • Specialized
1 6.9

In a way that relates to the form or structure of living things and words

focuses on internal body parts and their physical arrangement
configurationally
vsanatomically
9.1

In a way that shows how parts are arranged

means the physical arrangement of internal body parts specifically

Compounds

Showing the real shape and parts of a human or animal body, including private parts

Surface Forms

anatomically positive

Morphology

anatomically = anatomical (transparent) = anatomy + ical + ly

Formed regularly by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'anatomical', so the meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Anatomically comes from anatomy, and the root parts ana- and -tomy once meant 'cutting up' so doctors could look inside a body, so people used the word for studying body parts; that's why anatomically means 'about the body's structure'.