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Anatomy Pronunciation
Anatomy is pronounced uh-NA-tuh-mee, IPA /əˈnætəmi/.
uh-NA-tuh-mee
US /əˈnætəmi/ · UK /əˈnætəmi/
Syllables: uh · NA · tuh · mee (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The physical structure of a body, or the branch of science that studies it.
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Anatomy in a Sentence
- First-year students spend two terms on anatomy.
- The anatomy of a bird's wing explains a great deal about flight.
- He wrote a short book on the anatomy of a scandal.
Common Mispronunciations of Anatomy
Not A-nuh-toh-mee
NA is the syllable that carries this word. Keeping the beat at the front makes the middle vowel too heavy as well.
Not uh-NAY-tuh-mee
The stressed vowel is the flat a of cat, not a long ay. Compare the same vowel in atom.
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