anatomical

English

Etymology

From Latin anatomicus. Cognate to French anatomique. Equivalent to anatomy +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æn.əˈtɒm.ɪ.kəl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /æn.əˈtɑ.mɪ.kəl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /æn.əˈtɔm.ɪ.kəl/
• Hyphenation: an‧a‧tom‧i‧cal

Adjective

anatomical (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to anatomy or dissection.

   The two species have some anatomical similarities.

   • 2023, Isabel Waidner, Corey Fah Does Social Mobility, Hamish Hamilton, page 86:

     So he clung to the sides of the vertical tunnel, le wormhole, employing the setules covering his legs, that is, millions of tiny spider-hairs with triangular tips, a wall-creeper physiology if you wish, a hang-upside-down-from-the-ceiling anatomical boon.

Synonyms

• anatomic

Derived terms

• anatomical dead space
• anatomically
• anatomical position
• anatomical snuffbox
• clinicoanatomical
• electroanatomical
• extraanatomical
• histoanatomical
• macroanatomical
• microanatomical
• morphoanatomical
• myoanatomical
• neuroanatomical
• nonanatomical
• pathoanatomical
• pseudoanatomical
• semianatomical
• unanatomical

Translations

Of or relating to anatomy or dissection

• Asturian: anatómicu
• Belarusian: анатамі́чны (anatamíčny)
• Catalan: anatòmic (ca)
• Czech: anatomický (cs)
• Danish: anatomisk
• Dutch: anatomisch (nl)
• Esperanto: anatomia (eo)
• Estonian: anatoomiline
• Finnish: anatominen (fi)
• French: anatomique (fr)
• Galician: anatómico (gl)
• German: anatomisch (de)
• Hungarian: anatómiai (hu)
• Italian: anatomico (it)
• Latvian: anatomisks
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anatomisk

  Nynorsk: anatomisk

• Occitan: anatomic (oc)
• Polish: anatomiczny (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: anatômico (pt)

  European: anatómico (pt)

• Romanian: anatomic (ro)
• Russian: анатоми́ческий (ru) (anatomíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: anatomski (sh)
• Slovak: anatomický (sk)
• Slovene: anatomski
• Spanish: anatómico (es)
• Turkish: anatomik (tr)
• Ukrainian: анатомі́чний (uk) (anatomíčnyj)

References

• “anatomical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.