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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.
[Gr. a bone, and discourse.]
1.
A description of the bones; that part of anatomy which treats of the bones.
2.
The system of animal bones.

Definition 2024


osteology

osteology

English

Noun

osteology (usually uncountable, plural osteologies)

  1. (anatomy) The scientific study of the morphology and pathology of bones.
  2. (anatomy) The bone structure of a particular individual, or species.

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