\So`ma*tol"o*gy\, n. 1. (Biol.) The science which treats of anatomy and physiology, apart from psychology. 2. (Anthropol.) The consideration of the physical characters of races and classes of men and of mankind in general.
\So`ma*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. sw^ma, sw`matos, body + -logy.] 1. The doctrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics. 2. A treatise on the human body; anatomy. --Dunglison.