ottomy

Meanings

nounottomy (plural ottomies)

Also see

Variant of otamy, corruption and clipping of anatomy, from Latin anatomia, from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “cutting up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). Doublet of anatomy.

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APA

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