Somatology

Somatology

Somatology. World Book Dictionary defines it as the study or science, of the human body as a branch of anthropology. This also includes the study of material substances, as in physics, chemistry, biology, botany which are under the general heading of physicalism. Physicalism. See the Stanford Dictionary of Philosophy.


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  • Somatology — So ma*tol o*gy, n. [Gr. sw^ma, sw matos, body + logy.] 1. The doctrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics. [1913 Webster] 2. A treatise on the human body; anatomy. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 3. (Biol.) The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • somatology — [sō΄mə täl′ə jē] n. [ SOMATO + LOGY] 1. the science concerned with the properties of organic bodies 2. former term for the branch of anthropology that deals with the physical nature and characteristics of people somatologic [sō΄mətə läj′ik] adj.… …   English World dictionary

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  • somatology — noun Etymology: New Latin somatologia, from somat + logia logy Date: circa 1878 a branch of anthropology primarily concerned with the comparative study of human evolution, variation, and classification especially through measurement and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • somatology — somatologic /seuh mat l oj ik, soh meuh tl /, somatological, adj. somatologically, adv. somatologist, n. /soh meuh tol euh jee/, n. the branch of anthropology that deals with human physical characteristics. [1730 40; SOMATO + LOGY] * * * …   Universalium

  • somatology — noun The study of the physical nature of man …   Wiktionary

  • somatology — The science concerned with the study of the body; includes both anatomy and physiology. [somato + G. logos, study] * * * so·ma·tol·o·gy .sō mə täl ə jē n, pl gies PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY so·ma·to·log·i·cal .sō mə …   Medical dictionary

  • somatology — science of the properties of matter Sciences and Studies …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • somatology — n. study of the physiological and anatomical characteristics of the human bodyso·ma·tol·o·gy || ‚səʊmÉ™ tÉ‘lÉ™dʒɪ / tÉ’l …   English contemporary dictionary

  • somatology — so·ma·tol·o·gy …   English syllables

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