anthroposcopy en · NOUN
Etymology
From anthropo- + -scopy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A form of anthropology based upon visual observation of the physical characteristics of the human body.
Only when both anthroposcopy and anthropometry brings us to the same result are we satisfied with the outcome.
1970, William Herbert Sheldon, Varieties of Human Physique: an introduction to constitutional psychology:
Translations (2)
pl antroposkopia (form of anthropology based upon observation of the physical characteristics of the human body) · pt antroposcopia (form of anthropology based upon observation of the physical characteristics of the human body)