anatomically correct
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
anatomically correct (not generally comparable, comparative more anatomically correct, superlative most anatomically correct)
- Accurately depicting or replicating the body, or a body part, of a human being or animal.
- 1987 January 11, Cheryl P. Weinstock, “New Bone Bank Aids Hip Surgery”, in New York Times, retrieved 4 August 2013:
- Banked bone can also influence the contour of a facial restoration, according to Dr. Sachs, because it is more anatomically correct than a metal prosthesis.
- (euphemistic, of a doll, figurine, etc.) Possessing a physiologically accurate representation of sex organs.
- 1992 December 2, Robert Hanley, “Special Steps Asked for Figure Central to Sex Assault Trial”, in New York Times, retrieved 4 August 2013:
- Prosecutors in the Glen Ridge sex assault trial asked today for special courtroom arrangements . . . to allow her to use five anatomically correct dolls when she describes the episode to the jury.
- 2001 June 24, Margaret Carlson, “New Lows for the News”, in Time:
- Aldrich goes on for five pages about the December day in 1994 when he helped decorate the White House Christmas tree with an anatomically correct gingerbread man.
Translations[edit]
accurately depicting body
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References[edit]
- “anatomically correct”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.