sarcology

noun

sar·​col·​o·​gy

särˈkäləjē

plural -es

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

Word History

Etymology

Greek sarko- (from sark-, sarx flesh) + English -logy

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