[n. of action f. L. anatomīzā-re: see ANATOMIZE and -ATION.]
1. The action or process of anatomizing; dissection; analysis of anatomic structure. Also fig.
1675. Evelyn, Terra (1729), 28. Those elaborate Anatomizations, which the World will shortly admire.
1863. Grosart, Small Sins, 102. Nor do I advise a morbid anatomisation of ourselves, or a joyless dwelling upon our ‘frames.’
a. 1865. T. Hudson, Cork Leg, in Comic Song Bk., 95. He wanted a limb for anatomization.
† 2. Anatomic structure. Obs.
1664. Evelyn, Silva (1776), 504. A curious and rational account of their [i.e., plants’] Anatomization.
