anatomically correct

English

Adjective

anatomically correct (not generally comparable, comparative more anatomically correct, superlative most anatomically correct)

  1. 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 The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 December 2020:
      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.
  2. (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 The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 December 2020:
      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[3], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC:
      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.
      (Can we archive this URL?)

Translations

accurately depicting body

References

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