The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anatomize \A*nat"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anatomized; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Anatomizing.] [Cf. F. anatomiser.]
   1. To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body,
      for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure
      and use of the several parts.
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   2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
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            If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature,
            we shall find that they are founded on the relation
            of cause and effect.                  --Hume.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anatomize
    v 1: dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the
         victims of this strange disease" [syn: anatomize,
         anatomise]
    2: analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized
       the depth of human behavior"