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Webster 1913 Edition
Osteology
Osˊte-ol′o-gy
,Noun.
[
Osteo-
+ -logy
: cf. F. ostéologie
.] The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Osteology
OSTEOL'OGY
,Noun.
1.
A description of the bones; that part of anatomy which treats of the bones.2.
The system of animal bones.Definition 2025
osteology
osteology
English
Noun
osteology (usually uncountable, plural osteologies)
- (anatomy) The scientific study of the morphology and pathology of bones.
- (anatomy) The bone structure of a particular individual, or species.
Translations
study of bones
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