morbid anatomy

British  

noun

1. the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues

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Example Sentences

In Mr. Swinburne's wonderful study in morbid anatomy, there are perhaps no finer touches than those which reveal the Queen's selfish compassion for her own heartlessness.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

The one thing she cannot understand is a purely intellectual criticism, the sort of morbid anatomy of the mind which treats its subject as a mere dead thing simply useful for demonstration.

From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert

On the morning of our visit we found the students already assembled and gathered in clusters all about the room, examining specimens of morbid anatomy, under guidance of various laboratory assistants.

From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Williams, Henry Smith

But what else means the minute morbid anatomy of death beds, the prurient curiosity to know how the dying one bore himself in the solemn passage?

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

There are pimples large and small, some with overflowing volcanoes; there are no lines of expression: these are changed to lines of morbid anatomy.

From The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure by Dewey, Edward Hooker