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† anˈdrotomy Obs. rare—1. [f. Gr. ἀνδρο- male, man + -τοµία cutting.] The dissection of human bodies; more accurately denominated anthropotomy.
a1691Boyle Wks. I. 68 (R.) Androtomy, as some of the moderns call the dissection of man's body, to distinguish it from zootomy, as they name the dissection of the bodies of other animals. 1755in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts. |