morbid anatomy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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How comes it that with so thoroughly healthy an organization as you have, you have such a taste for the morbid anatomy of the human heart, and such knowledge of it, too?
From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne
It is an invaluable study of morbid anatomy.
From Historical and Political Essays by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
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)
His early studies were directed chiefly to morbid anatomy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
But I have had no opportunity of studying the morbid anatomy of Beauchamp, and I do not care about him, save as he influences the current of this history.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
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