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somatology|səʊməˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. somato- + -logy, or ad. mod.L. somatologia (O. Casmann, 1596). Cf. F. somatologie (1762).]
1. A treatise or science dealing with the properties of bodies.
1736Bailey (fol.) Pref., Somatology,..a Discourse of Matter or Substance in the General, the Natures and inseparable Properties of Bodies. 1813–21Bentham Ontology Wks. 1843 VIII. 195/1 Somatology, the only branch of physics that comes under the cognisance of sense.
2. A treatise or science dealing with the human body in some respect.
1851Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci., Somatology, a treatise on the human body. Anatomy. 1868Porter Human Intellect (1870) §3. 7 Somatology signifies the science of the body only, and is subdivided into anatomy and physiology. 1898D. G. Brinton in Haddon Study of Man 491 Somatology.—Physical and Experimental Anthropology. |