sarcology

noun

sar·col·o·gy | \ särˈkäləjē\

plural -es

Definition of sarcology

1 archaic : the anatomy of the soft parts —distinguished from osteology

2 : a theory that a part of the animal body taken into the human system nourishes or affects a corresponding part — compare doctrine of signatures , organotherapy

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