a. rare. [a. L. anatomic-us (or its Fr. ad. anatomique 16th c. in Littré), a. Gr. ἀνατομικ-ός skilled in anatomy, f. ἀνατομή: see ANATOMY and -IC.] Of or pertaining to anatomy. Also fig.

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1712.  Blackmore, Creation (1786), 228. The learned, who with anatomic art Dissect the mind.

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1762.  H. Walpole, Vertue’s Anecd. Paint. (1786), III. 195. The anatomic figure commonly seen in the shops of apothecaries.

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1801.  Fuseli, Lect. Art. The mere anatomic verdict of Benvenuto Cellini.

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1858.  Thackeray, Virgin., ix. 69. To know culinary anatomic secrets.

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