Meanings
nounanthropotomy (usually uncountable, plural anthropotomies)
plural anthropotomies
- archaicuncountableusuallyThe anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
In many Mammalia we find the pterygoid processes of anthropotomy permanently distinct bones
1843, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals
Origin
From anthropo- + -tomy, from Ancient Greek.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French androtomie, andratomie
- androtomieanatomy or dissection of the human body
- andratomieanatomy or dissection of the human body
Portuguese antropotomia
- antropotomiaanatomy or dissection of the human body
Spanish antropotomía
- antropotomíaanatomy or dissection of the human body
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