TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does topographic anatomy mean? 

• TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY (noun)
  The noun TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY has 1 sense:

1. the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region

  Familiarity information: TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY (noun)

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Meaning:

The study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

regional anatomy; topographic anatomy; topology

Hypernyms ("topographic anatomy" is a kind of...):

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)