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The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.

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  1. n. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
  2. n. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.
  3. 1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters. The London Spectator. 2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.