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anatomy

noun as in physical structure of animals, plants

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Thai massage therapists who did not understand English well had trouble grasping the class material, which involves anatomy and other technical topics, Kantachote said.

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This project, led by the Florida Museum of Natural History and involving 18 U.S. institutions, offers public access to 3D digital models of vertebrate anatomy.

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Paul White usually excavates live electricity and utility cables but on this job the former Royal Marine needed to get his head around the anatomy of a whale.

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"We can now investigate not only the strange anatomy of these crocs, but also how they reproduced and adapted to changing environments."

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Of his first brush with gross anatomy: “One scene with people carrying legs over their shoulders to the sink to wash out the feces just turned my stomach, and I was done.”

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