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Where does “macroanatomical” come from?

macroanatomical (English) comes from English anatomical, from English anatomic, from French anatomique, from French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομία, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή, from Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

macroanatomical (English): Relating to large-scale anatomical features

Definitions

  1. Relating to large-scale anatomical features

Ancestry of “macroanatomical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanatomicalOf or relating to anatomy or dissection
2EnglishanatomicOf or pertaining to anatomy and dissection, or to...
3Frenchanatomiqueanatomical
4Frenchanatomieanatomy; anatomy; dissection; dissection; study
5Latinanatomiaanatomy
6Ancient Greekἀνατομία—
7Ancient Greekἀνατομήa cutting up, especially of an animal or person,...
8Ancient GreekἀνατέμνωI cut up; to cut up
9Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
10Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...
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