anatomic

What it means

1. not comparableOf or pertaining to anatomy and dissection, or to individual structures of the anatomy.

   Therefore, the effects of notchplasty on the clinical outcome after anatomic double-bundle ACL reconstruction were evaluated in a cohort study.

   2016, Mitsuo Ochi, Konsei Shino, Kazunori Yasuda, ACL Injury and Its Treatment, page 273

   Synonyms: anatomical

In a sentence

Therefore, the effects of notchplasty on the clinical outcome after anatomic double-bundle ACL reconstruction were evaluated in a cohort study.

2016, Mitsuo Ochi, Konsei Shino, Kazunori Yasuda, ACL Injury and Its Treatment, page 273

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
2. Proto-Hellenic*aná
3. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
4. Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
5. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
6. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
7. Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
8. Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
9. Latinanatomia
10. Frenchanatomie
11. Frenchanatomique
12. Latinanatomicus
13. Englishanatomic

From French anatomique or its etymon Latin anatomicus, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομικός (anatomikós, “skilled in anatomy”). By surface analysis, anatomy + -ic.