The scientific study of human structure and anatomy, especially through dissection and detailed examination of body parts.
From 'anthropos' (human) + 'tome' (cut/section) + '-y' (noun suffix). This term emerged in the Renaissance when systematic human dissection became accepted as a scientific practice.
Anthropotomy is essentially human anatomy, but the word itself became less common as anatomy textbooks took over. Yet it reminds us of the original meaning—literally 'cutting open humans' to understand them.
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