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TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, place, -partie...

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 50 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, See also:place, -partied', to write)  , a description of a See also:town, See also:district or locality, giving details of its See also:geographical and architectural features . The See also:term is also applied in See also:anatomy to the mapping out of the See also:surface of the human See also:body, either according to a See also:division based on the See also:organs or parts lying below certain regions, or on a superficial plotting out of the body by anatomical boundaries and landmarks .

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