Meanings
adjectivemicroanatomic (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of microanatomical.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- 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
- Englishmicro-
- Latinanatomia
- Old Frenchanatomie
- Middle Englishanatomie
- Englishanatomy
- Englishmicroanatomy
- Englishmicroanatomic
From micro- + anatomic or microanatomy + -ic.
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APA
microanatomic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microanatomic
MLA
“microanatomic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microanatomic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microanatomic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microanatomic.
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