OSTEOLOGY


Meaning of OSTEOLOGY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌäs-tē-ˈä-lə-jē ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin osteologia, from Greek, description of bones, from oste- + -logia -logy

Date: 1670

1. : a branch of anatomy dealing with the bones

2. : the bony structure of an organism

• os·te·o·log·i·cal -tē-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl adjective

• os·te·ol·o·gist -tē-ˈä-lə-jist noun

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