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Definition of Macroscopic anatomy

1. Noun. The study of the structure of the body and its parts without the use of a microscope.

Medical Definition of Macroscopic anatomy

1. General anatomy, so far as it can be studied without the use of the microscope; commonly used to denote the study of anatomy by dissection of a cadaver. See: practical anatomy. Synonym: macroscopic anatomy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macroscopic Anatomy

Literary usage of Macroscopic anatomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Nervous System by Archibald Church, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"THE macroscopic anatomy OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BRAIN BY M. ROTHMANN, BERLIN AT the beginning of the ..."

2. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"Microscopic anatomy necessarily grades off into macroscopic anatomy; the development of an organism is a progressive process and the later embryonic or ..."

3. An Introduction to the History of Medicine by Fielding Hudson Garrison (1914)
"Splendid atlases of gross or macroscopic anatomy were published, such as those of the Bells, Cloquet (1821-31), ..."

4. Contributions by Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota (1916)
"Microscopic anatomy necessarily grades off into macroscopic anatomy; the development of an organism is a progressive process and the later embryonic or ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... and to which, of necessity, references are constantly made in macroscopic anatomy. By identically the same method of reasoning the conclusion is reached ..."

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