- somatology
- The science of using a person's physical features to determine their personality
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
somatology
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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 — 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… … Wikipedia
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
somatology — somatologija statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Antropomorfologijos skyrius, tiriantis žmogaus kūno morfologinę sandarą, jos kitimą, susijusį su amžiumi, lytimi, konstitucija, individualybe. kilmė gr. sōma, kilm. sōmatos – kūnas … Sporto terminų žodynas
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
