anthroposcopy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anthropo- +‎ -scopy

Noun[edit]

anthroposcopy (uncountable)

  1. A form of anthropology based upon visual observation of the physical characteristics of the human body.
    • 1970, William Herbert Sheldon, Varieties of Human Physique: an introduction to constitutional psychology:
      Only when both anthroposcopy and anthropometry brings us to the same result are we satisfied with the outcome.

Translations[edit]

form of anthropology based upon observation of the physical characteristics of the human body
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