The dissection or detailed anatomical study of living organisms or their body parts.
From bio- (life) + -tomy (Greek tomē, cutting). This older medical and anatomical term refers to systematic dissection for study.
Biotomy is basically what happens in anatomy class when you dissect a frog or cadaver—it's cutting into life itself to understand how it works at every level!
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