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comparative
     1. adj. Of or relating to comparison.
     2. adj. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
           comparative anatomy
     3. adj. Approximated by comparison; relative.
     4. adj. (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
     5. n. (grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
     6. n. (grammar) A word in the comparative form.
     7. n. (obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
     8. n. (obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
anatomy
     1. n. The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
     2. n. The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
           Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.
     3. n. A treatise or book on anatomy.
     4. n. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis.
           the anatomy of a discourse
           Burton's famous treatise, "The Anatomy of Melancholy".
     5. n. (colloquial) The form of an individual.
           I went to the Venice beach body-building competition and noticed the competitor from Athens, and let me tell you, that's what I call classic Greek anatomy.
     6. n. (archaic) A skeleton, or dead body.
     7. n. The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.
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