microanatomy

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noun

Microscopic anatomy: the anatomy of minuscule structures, at microscopic scale.

Similar
histology
OriginEnglish anatomy ← Middle English anatomie ← Old French anatomie →
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Meanings

nounmicroanatomy (countable and uncountable, plural microanatomies)

plural microanatomies

  1. countableuncountableMicroscopic anatomy: the anatomy of minuscule structures, at microscopic scale.
    1. countableuncountableSynonym of histology.

      Synonyms: histology

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of histology.

Similar
histology
Broader
anatomy

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
  8. Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  10. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  11. Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
  12. Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
  13. Latinanatomia
  14. Old Frenchanatomie
  15. Middle Englishanatomie
  16. Englishanatomy
  17. Englishmicroanatomy

From micro- + anatomy.

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Translations

Italian microanatomia
  • microanatomiaanatomy of microscopic structures
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APA

microanatomy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microanatomy

MLA

“microanatomy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microanatomy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microanatomy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microanatomy.

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