Meanings
- not comparablePertaining to the anatomy.
In most birds, the lung is functionally and anatomically subdivided into paleopulmo and neopulmo portions.
2015 December 10, “Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich ( Struthio camelus ) and Observations on the Vertebral Columns of Non-Volant, Semi-Volant and Semi-Aquatic Birds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI3 more examples
The cuirass of Roman muscled type is composed of an anatomically modeled breastplate and backplate, each made in one with a gorget […]
1998, Stuart W. Pyhrr et al., Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli and His Contemporaries, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 285The apparent absence of any apparent sexual or age-based divisions of labour contrasts strikingly with anatomically modern humans of the Pleistocene in which females appear to gracilize relatively quickly, implying perhaps a sex-based division of labour (Soffer 1994).
2001 June 29, PB Pettitt, “Neanderthal lifecycles: Developmental and social phases in the lives of the last archaics”, in World archaeology, volume 31, number 3These creatures are so anatomically similar it’s proven hard to figure out their relationships, both with one another and with later carnivoran groups.
2016 November 26, Elsa Panciroli, “Rifling through the 'wastebaskets' of palaeontology reveals surprises”, in The Guardian
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
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishanatomical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishanatomically
From anatomical + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan anatòmicament
- anatòmicamentpertaining to anatomy
Danish anatomisk
- anatomiskpertaining to anatomy
Dutch anatomisch
- anatomischpertaining to anatomy
Esperanto anatomie
- anatomiepertaining to anatomy
Estonian anatoomiliselt
- anatoomiliseltpertaining to anatomy
Finnish anatomisesti
- anatomisestipertaining to anatomy
French anatomiquement
- anatomiquementpertaining to anatomy
German anatomisch
- anatomischpertaining to anatomy
Greek ανατομικά
- ανατομικά (anatomiká)pertaining to anatomy
Hungarian anatómiailag
- anatómiailagpertaining to anatomy
Italian anatomicamente
- anatomicamentepertaining to anatomy
Polish anatomicznie
- anatomiczniepertaining to anatomy
Portuguese anatomicamente
- anatomicamentepertaining to anatomy
Russian анатоми́чески
- анатоми́чески (anatomíčeski)pertaining to anatomy
Spanish anatómicamente
- anatómicamentepertaining to anatomy
Ukrainian анатомі́чно
- анатомі́чно (anatomíčno)pertaining to anatomy
Cite this entry
anatomically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anatomically
“anatomically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anatomically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anatomically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anatomically.
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