anatomical

1. 1.

   of or relating to the structure of the body

   “anatomical features”

   Synonymsanatomic
2. 2.

   of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms

   “anatomical research”

   Synonymsanatomic

1. 1.

   an expression that relates to anatomy

   Synonymsanatomical reference

   Broadersaying

Other forms of anatomical

plural

anatomicals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about anatomical

What does anatomical mean?

anatomical means "of or relating to the structure of the body". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in anatomical?

anatomical has 5 syllables: an-a-to-mi-cal. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˌænəˈtɑməkəl/.

What is another word for anatomical?

Close synonyms include anatomic, anatomic, anatomical reference. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anatomical a common word?

anatomical is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.