anthropotomy

English

Etymology

From anthropo- +‎ -tomy, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

anthropotomy (usually uncountable, plural anthropotomies)

1. (archaic) The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
   • 1843, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals:

     In many Mammalia we find the pterygoid processes of anthropotomy permanently distinct bones

Derived terms

• anthropotomical
• anthropotomist

 

Translations

anatomy or dissection of the human body

• French: androtomie (fr) f, andratomie (fr) f
• Portuguese: antropotomia f
• Spanish: antropotomía (es) f

References

“anthropotomy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.