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Word of the day
for January 10
anatomize v (archaic, American spelling, Oxford British English)
  1. (transitive)
    1. To cut up or dissect (the body of a human being or an animal), specifically for the purpose of investigating its anatomy.
      1. To punish (someone) by post mortem dissection following execution.
    2. To cut up or dissect (a plant or one of its parts) to investigate its structure.
    3. (figurative)
      1. To scrutinize (something) down to the most minute detail.
      2. (obsolete) To chemically analyse (a substance).
  2. (intransitive) To cut up or dissect the body of a human being or an animal.

Image The Brussels-born anatomist and physician Andreas Vesalius, who wrote one of the most influential books on human anatomy, was born on this day in 1515 according to the Gregorian calendar (in the Julian calendar, 31 December 1514).

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Foreign word of the day  in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ܡܲܫܬܹܐ • (maštē) verb
  1. (transitive) to cause to drink, to give a drink
  2. to irrigate, to water

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