zootomy

UK: /zəʊˈɒtəmɪ/ US: (zō ot′ə mē)

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zo•ot•o•my  (zō ot′ə mē), n. 

1. Zoology the anatomy, esp. the comparative anatomy, of animals.
2. Zoology the dissection of animals.

• Neo-Latin zōotomia. See zoo-, -tomy
• 1655–65;

zo•o•tom•ic  (zō′ə tom′ik), zo′o•tom′i•cal, adj.  zo′o•tom′i•cal•ly, adv. 
zo•ot′o•mist, n. 

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zootomy / zəʊˈɒtəmɪ/ noun

1. the branch of zoology concerned with the dissection and anatomy of animals

zootomic / ˌzəʊəˈtɒmɪk/, ˌzooˈtomical adjective

ˌzooˈtomically adverb

zoˈotomist noun