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zootomy|zəʊˈɒtəmɪ|
[ad. mod.L. zōotomia (M. A. Severinus, 1645): see zoo- and -tomy.]
The anatomy of animals; the dissection, or the science of the structure, of animal bodies; in mod. use esp. comparative anatomy.
1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. i. 21 The naturalist by his Zootomy, may be very serviceable to the Physitian in his anatomical inquiries. 1697Phil. Trans. XIX. 558 Zootomy is either for compleating natural History,..or for the better Attainment of the Cure of Diseases. 1797S. James Narr. Voy. 156 The cook..lives in East Smithfield, where he exercises the trade of zootomy. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life Pref. p. v, To combine the concrete facts of Zootomy with the outlines of systematic Classification. 1872Mivart Anat. 74 This lower jaw—or, as it is called in zootomy, mandible. 1875W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 799/1 [Anatomy] resolves itself into..Animal Anatomy or Zootomy,..and Vegetable Anatomy or Phytotomy.
So zootomic |zəʊəʊˈtɒmɪk|, zooˈtomical adjs., belonging or relating to zootomy; zooˈtomically adv., in relation to or in the way of zootomy; zoˈotomist, one versed in zootomy; one who dissects, or who studies the structure of, animal bodies; in mod. use esp. a comparative anatomist.
1887Nature 17 Nov. 70/1 The *zootomic and embryological works of the last ten years.
1833R. E. Grant in Lancet 12 Oct. 93/2 The *zootomical investigations of Moreschi of Milan. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life Pref. p. v, A Zootomical account of its various Sub-kingdoms.
1849–52Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 873/1 The investigation of the whole of this vast subject, *zootomically.
1688Boyle Final Causes iv. 223 The remarks of *Zootomists. 1797S. James Narr. Voy. 156 The cook..by profession a zootomist. 1879Lewes Probl. Life & Mind Ser. iii. i. 132 If the biologist recognises the many points of community in animal structures, the zootomist has to insist on the points of diversity. |