Meanings
- 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 273Synonyms: anatomical
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adjectiveOf or pertaining to anatomy and dissection, or to individual structures of the anatomy.
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adjectiveof or relating to the structure of the body
adjectiveof or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Hellenic*aná
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
- Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
- Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
- Latinanatomia
- Frenchanatomie
- Frenchanatomique
- Latinanatomicus
- Englishanatomic
From French anatomique or its etymon Latin anatomicus, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομικός (anatomikós, “skilled in anatomy”). By surface analysis, anatomy + -ic.
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anatomic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anatomic
“anatomic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anatomic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anatomic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anatomic.
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