sarcology

sar·col·o·gy

[sahr-kol-uh-jee]
noun Archaic.
the branch of anatomy dealing with the soft or fleshy body parts.

Origin:
1720–30; sarco- + -logy

sar·co·log·i·cal [sahr-kuh-loj-i-kuhl] , sar·co·log·ic, adjective
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