Anatomism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anatomism \A*nat"o*mism\, n. [Cf. F. anatomisme.]
     1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
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              The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e.,
              the French] great figure painters.    --The London


                                                    Spectator.
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     2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all
        the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.
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