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Definition: ANATOMISM

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.[Websters]
2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Anatomism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)

Etymology:Anatomism \A*nat"o*mism\, noun. [Compare to the French expression anatomisme.]. (references)

Definition: ANATOMISM

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.[Websters]
2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ANATOMISM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)

Etymology:Anatomism \A*nat"o*mism\, noun. [Compare to the French expression anatomisme.]. (references)