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hippotomy rare.|hɪˈpɒtəmɪ| [f. hippo- + Gr. -τοµία cutting.] ‘The anatomy or dissection of the horse’ (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854). So hippoˈtomical a., pertaining to hippotomy; hiˈppotomist, one versed in hippotomy.
1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1756) I. 203 Divided by two Necks (as they are termed by Hippotomists). 1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 716/1 Called by hippotomists the os quadratum. 1854Mayne Expos. Lex., Hippotomical. |