Androtomy (`dissection of a male` in Ancient Greek) is the dissection of the human body. Another term for it is anthropotomy `dissection of a human`. Androtomy is to be distinguished from zoötomy `dissection of an animal`. The first recorded dissection of the human body in the Western world took place in ancient Alexandria by Herophilus and...
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• (n.) Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy.
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An·drot'o·my noun [ Greek
'anh`r ,
'andro`s , man + ... a cutting. Confer
Anatomy .] Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from
zoötomy ; anthropotomy. [ R.]
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androtomy The dissection of male bodies. The dissection of human bodies is anthropotomy. Androtomy is used to refer to the dissection of man’s body to distinguish it from zootomy, which refers to the dissection of the bodies of other animals.
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