n.
Pronunciation: ˌ s ō -m ə - ' tä-l ə -j ē
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin somatologia, from somat- + -logia -logy
Date: circa 1878
: a branch of anthropology primarily concerned with the comparative study of human evolution, variation, and classification especially through measurement and observation
– so · ma · to · log · i · cal \ ˌ s ō -m ə -t ə - ' lä-ji-k ə l, s ō - ˌ ma- \ adjective