zootomyn.

1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. i. 11 The frame of the parts is so like,..that he that is moderately but moderately skilled in Andratomy (as some of the Moderns call the Dissection of Mans Body, to distinguish it from Zootomy, as they name the Dissections of the Bodies of other Animals), may, with due diligence and industry,..improve his Anatomical knowledge.

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 558 Zootomy is either for compleating natural History,..or for the better Attainment of the Cure of Diseases.

1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 156 The cook..lives in East Smithfield, where he exercises the trade of zootomy.

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Pref. p. v To combine the concrete facts of Zootomy with the outlines of systematic Classification.

1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iii. 74 This lower jaw—or, as it is called in zootomy, mandible.

1875 W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 799/1 [Anatomy] resolves itself into..Animal Anatomy or Zootomy,..and Vegetable Anatomy or Phytotomy.

1988 P. Gay Freud i. 24 Brühl, a prominent comparative anatomist and professor of zootomy at the University of Vienna, was a gripping popular lecturer.

2000 Isis 91 467 (note) Andreas Holger Maehle..places Severino in the context of the revival of zootomy and animal experimentation but ignores his specific background.