somatology
(səʊməˈtɒlədʒɪ)
[f. somato- + -logy, or ad. mod.L. somatologia (O. Casmann, 1596). Cf. F. somatologie (1762).]
1. A treatise or science dealing with the properties of bodies.
| 1736 Bailey (fol.) Pref., Somatology,..a Discourse of Matter or Substance in the General, the Natures and inseparable Properties of Bodies. 1813–21 Bentham Ontology Wks. 1843 VIII. 195/1 Somatology, the only branch of physics that comes under the cognisance of sense. |
2. A treatise or science dealing with the human body in some respect.
| 1851 Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci., Somatology, a treatise on the human body. Anatomy. 1868 Porter Human Intellect (1870) §3. 7 Somatology signifies the science of the body only, and is subdivided into anatomy and physiology. 1898 D. G. Brinton in Haddon Study of Man 491 Somatology.—Physical and Experimental Anthropology. |