[f. Gr. ἄνθρωπο-ς man + -τομία cutting, f. τομ- a stem of τέμ-νειν to cut.] Anatomy of the human body.
1855. Owen, Skel. & Teeth, 19. The bones in anthropotomy are indicated only by special names relating to the particular forms these bones happen to bear in man.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, Introd. 18. The organisms of the lower animals give answers in simple language to what are difficult problems in Anthropotomy.