Anatomie

See also: anatomie and anatomìe

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομία (anatomía), from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, incise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔanatoˈmiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Anatomie f (genitive Anatomie, plural Anatomien)

1. (biology) Anatomy, study of the structure of living beings.
2. (biology) Dissection.
3. (biology) Structural makeup of an organism or parts thereof.
4. Treatise on the science of anatomy.

Declension

Declension of Anatomie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Anatomie	die	Anatomien
genitive	einer	der	Anatomie	der	Anatomien
dative	einer	der	Anatomie	den	Anatomien
accusative	eine	die	Anatomie	die	Anatomien

Derived terms

• Lichtanatomie

Related terms

• Anatom
• anatomisch

Further reading

• “Anatomie” in Duden online
• “Anatomie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache