osteology
noun
the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
osteological
-
a word derived from
osteology.
Example Sentences
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From the early stages of the osteological study, we noticed strong similarities with several diplodocine sauropods.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Physical anthropologists have long been able to identify characteristics such as sex and age from osteological analysis, and such investigations in the 1970s raised the prospect that this individual was, in fact, female.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 15, 2017
The pooplets look just like any other tiny rocks, but they are from Skulls Unlimited, “the world’s leading supplier of osteological specimens,” and so we’ll take its word for it.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2014
The osteological evidence for fleshy nostril position in sauropods is flatly incompatible with the trunk hypothesis.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 20, 2012
The thing is an osteological specimen; a mere anatomical abstraction.
From The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
