osteology
noun
the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
osteologic
-
a word derived from
osteology.
Example Sentences
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This fellow was tall and about forty years of age, fully justifying his sinister nickname by a meagreness impossible to describe, but which might almost be termed osteologic.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Eugène Sue
