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anthropography|ænθrəʊˈpɒgrəfɪ|
[f. anthropo- + Gr. -γραϕία description: see -graphy.]
†1. A description of all the parts of the human body. Obs.
1570Dee Math. Pref. 33 Anthropographie, is the description of the Number, Measure, Waight, Figure, Situation, and colour of euery diuerse thing, conteyned in the perfect body of Man. 1839Hooper Med. Dict., Anthropography..a description of the structure of man.
2. The branch of anthropology which treats of the geographical distribution of the races of mankind, and their local variations; ethnography.
1834Penny Cycl. II. 97 A series of anthropographies, of different epochs, would form the true basis of ethnography. |