Meanings
- uncountableliteratureThe study of alien anatomy.
I took a course in xenoanatomy. We dissected a variety of human corpses.
2014, William C Dietz, Drifter's War3 more examples
Until yesterday, McCoy had been teaching a course in Xenoanatomy at the Starfleet medical school on Prima, parsecs away.
2000, A.C. Crispin, Time For YesterdayThe argument was that decisions had to be made by someone who was not herself a specialist, so she wouldn't give preferential treatment to xenoanatomy or linguistics or whatever. Martian cuisine.
2008, Joe Haldeman, Marsbound“I didn't know you were all up on xenoanatomy.” “I'm not.” Ressk set the blade above the uppermost hole in the skull and began to draw the saw back and forth. It caught on the desiccated flesh, bucked, then bit into bone.
2015, Tanya Huff, An Ancient Peace
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*ksénwos
- Ancient Greekξένϝος (xénwos)
- Ancient Greekξένος (xénos)
- Englishxeno-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Hellenic*aná
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
- Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
- Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
- Latinanatomia
- Old Frenchanatomie
- Middle Englishanatomie
- Englishanatomy
- Englishxenonatomy
Cite this entry
xenonatomy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenonatomy
“xenonatomy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenonatomy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xenonatomy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenonatomy.
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