anatomical

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

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

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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

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.

• anatomic

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