anatomically correct

adjective

Accurately depicting or replicating the body, or a body part, of a human being or animal.

Meanings

adjectiveanatomically correct (not generally comparable, comparative more anatomically correct, superlative most anatomically correct)

comparative more anatomically correct · superlative most anatomically correct

  1. not comparableusuallyAccurately depicting or replicating the body, or a body part, of a human being or animal.

    Banked bone can also influence the contour of a facial restoration, according to Dr. Sachs, because it is more anatomically correct than a metal prosthesis.

    1987 January 11, Cheryl P. Weinstock, “New Bone Bank Aids Hip Surgery”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Aug 2013
  2. euphemisticnot comparableusuallyPossessing a physiologically accurate representation of sex organs.

    Aldrich goes on for five pages about the December day in 1994 when he helped decorate the White House Christmas tree with an anatomically correct gingerbread man.

    2001 June 24, Margaret Carlson, “New Lows for the News”, in Time
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    Prosecutors in the Glen Ridge sex assault trial asked today for special courtroom arrangements . . . to allow her to use five anatomically correct dolls when she describes the episode to the jury.

    1992 December 2, Robert Hanley, “Special Steps Asked for Figure Central to Sex Assault Trial”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Aug 2013

Translations

Finnish anatomisesti tarkka
  • anatomisesti tarkkaaccurately depicting body
Polish anatomicznie poprawny
  • anatomicznie poprawnyaccurately depicting body
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