xenonatomy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

xeno- +‎ anatomy

Noun[edit]

xenonatomy (uncountable)

  1. (science fiction) The study of alien anatomy.
    • 2000, A.C. Crispin, Time For Yesterday:
      Until yesterday, McCoy had been teaching a course in Xenoanatomy at the Starfleet medical school on Prima, parsecs away.
    • 2008, Joe Haldeman, Marsbound:
      The argument was that decisions had to be made by someone who was not herself a specialist, so she wouldn't give preferential treatment to xenoanatomy or linguistics or whatever. Martian cuisine.
    • 2014, William C Dietz, Drifter's War:
      I took a course in xenoanatomy. We dissected a variety of human corpses.
    • 2015, Tanya Huff, An Ancient Peace:
      “I didn't know you were all up on xenoanatomy.” “I'm not.” Ressk set the blade above the uppermost hole in the skull and began to draw the saw back and forth. It caught on the desiccated flesh, bucked, then bit into bone.
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