gross anatomy

1. 1.

   the study of the structure of the body and its parts without the use of a microscope

   Synonymsmacroscopic anatomy

   Broaderanatomy

   Narrowerdental anatomy

Questions about gross anatomy

What does gross anatomy mean?

gross anatomy means "the study of the structure of the body and its parts without the use of a microscope".

What is another word for gross anatomy?

Close synonyms include macroscopic anatomy. 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 gross anatomy a common word?

gross anatomy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.