PHYSICAL STRUCTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does physical structure mean? 

• PHYSICAL STRUCTURE (noun)
  The noun PHYSICAL STRUCTURE has 1 sense:

1. the entire structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being)

  Familiarity information: PHYSICAL STRUCTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSICAL STRUCTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The entire structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

body; organic structure; physical structure

Context example:

he felt as if his whole body were on fire

Hypernyms ("physical structure" is a kind of...):

natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)

Meronyms (parts of "physical structure"):

pressure point (any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point)

vascular system (the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant)

cardiovascular system; circulatory system (the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body)

caput; head (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains)

cervix; neck (the part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body)

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)

crotch; fork (the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk)

sensory system (the body's system of sense organs)

respiratory system; systema respiratorium (the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing)

nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)

body substance (the substance of the body)

articulatory system (the system of joints in the body)

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

digestive system; gastrointestinal system; systema alimentarium; systema digestorium (the system that makes food absorbable into the body)

endocrine system (the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity)

lymphatic system; systema lymphaticum (the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body)

musculoskeletal system (the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form)

Domain category:

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "physical structure"):

life form (the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism)

anatomy; bod; build; chassis; figure; flesh; form; frame; human body; material body; physical body; physique; shape; soma (alternative names for the body of a human being)

live body (the body of a living animal or person)