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The science of the structure and functions of the human body.

Divination by the entrails of human being.

Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison.

The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.

To attribute a human form or personality to. You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell.

The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

Transformation into the form of a human being.

The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment. -- An`thro*po*nom"ic*al (#), a.

The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity. In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy. Hare.

One who ascribes human feelings to deity.

One who east human flesh. [Ludicrous] Shak.

Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.

The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

Human nature. [R.] Gladstone.

Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.

Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.

One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.

The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. Owen.