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anthropotomy

anthropotomy noun: the anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.

Noun

anthropotomy (usually uncountable, plural anthropotomies)

  1. (archaic, usually) The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
    • In many Mammalia we find the pterygoid processes of anthropotomy permanently distinct bones1843, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals

Forms of anthropotomy

pluralanthropotomies

Origin of anthropotomy

From anthropo- + -tomy, from Ancient Greek.

Words formed from anthropotomy

Questions about anthropotomy

What does anthropotomy mean?
Anthropotomy means the anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
What part of speech is anthropotomy?
Anthropotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of anthropotomy?
The plural of anthropotomy is anthropotomies.

Words near anthropotomy in the dictionary

  1. anthropotomical
  2. anthropotomically
  3. anthropotomies
  4. anthropotomist
  5. anthropotomists
  6. anthropotomy
  7. anthropotoponym
  8. anthropotoponyms
  9. anthropotropic
  10. Anthropozoic
  11. anthropozoological

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