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zootomy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /zəʊˈɒ.tə.mi/
  • US: /zoʊˈɑ.tə.mi/
  • US: /zuˈɑ.tə.mi/
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noun

Meaning 1

The dissection or anatomy of animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From New Latin zōotomia, corresponding to zoo- + -tomy.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: soötomie — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Armenian: զոոտոմիա (zootomia) — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Belarusian: зоотоми́я (zootomíja) — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Bulgarian: зоотомия (zootomija) — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動物解剖 /动物解剖 (dòngwù jiěpōu) — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Dutch: zoötomie — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Esperanto: zootomio — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Finnish: zootomia — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • French: zootomie — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • German: Zootomie — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Greek: ζωοτομία (zootomía) — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Hungarian: állatboncolás — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Hungarian: állatanatómia — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Icelandic: dýralíffærafræði — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Italian: zootomia — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Japanese: 動物解剖学 — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Northern Kurdish: zootomî — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Kyrgyz: зоотомия (zootomiya) — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Latin: zōotomia — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Polish: zootomia — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Portuguese: zootomia — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Romanian: zootomie — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Russian: зоотоми́я (zootomíja) — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Spanish: zootomía — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Tagalog: sootomiya — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Tagalog: zootomiya — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Tajik: зоотомия (zootomiya) — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Turkish: zootomi — dissection or anatomy of animals
  • Welsh: swtomeg — dissection or anatomy of animals