Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.

            If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature,
            we shall find that they are founded on the relation
            of cause and effect.                  --Hume.

Source : WordNet®

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