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sarcology
noun
sar·col·o·gy
\särˈkäləjē\
Definition of sarcology
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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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Origin and Etymology of sarcology
Greek sarko- (from sark-, sarx flesh) + English -logy
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