morbid anatomy

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noun

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

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Words nearby morbid anatomy

Moraxella, moray, Moray Firth, Morazán, morbid, morbid anatomy, morbidezza, morbidity, morbific, Morbihan, morbilli

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How to use morbid anatomy in a sentence

The goal is to create a literary anatomy of the last century—or, to be precise, from 1900 to 2014.
The 2014 Novel of the Year|Nathaniel Rich|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I feel the almost morbid curiosity of the media as a weight on my back,” she said.
What Does a Pop-Star Nun Sing? Madonna’s ‘Like A Virgin,’ Of Course|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are the parts of the female anatomy so often the object of fantasies.
Women, It's Time to Reclaim Our Breasts|Emily Shire|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The resultant pop culture is as morbid and contagious as the epidemics they depict.
Ebola Rages in West Africa, Reigniting Humanity’s Oldest Fear: The Plague|Scott Bixby|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Saul Bass, the greatest designer of movie title sequences (Anatomy of a Murder, The Man with the Golden Arm) in Hollywood history.
How Jews Created American Modernism|Andrew Romano|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Quaint old Burton in his "Anatomy of Melancholy," recognizes the virtues of the plant while he anathematizes its abuse.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
In the whole of anatomy there is no task so difficult as that of learning the precise attachments of the muscles of the back.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
A celebrated Coach in Anatomy says that no one can learn Anatomy until he has learned and forgotten it from three to seven times!
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The story of this untoward event illustrates at once the morbid habit of his mind and the bitter passions of those times.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
The subject has its weak side too; it is morbid and somewhat sentimental at the end, but the fundamental emotion is sincere.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky