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osteology

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osteology

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ -logy.

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.

Derived terms

paleo-osteology

Related terms

Translations

study of bones

Breton: askornoniezh (br) f
Catalan: osteologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 骨學／骨学 (zh) (gǔxué)
Finnish: osteologia (fi), luututkimus, luututkimus
French: ostéologie (fr) f
Galician: osteoloxía (gl) f
Georgian: ოსტეოლოგია (osṭeologia)
German: Osteologie (de) f, Knochenlehre f, Lehre vom Bau und den Krankheiten der Knochen f (descriptive)
Greek: οστεολογία (el) f (osteología), σκελετολογία (el) f (skeletología)
Gujarati: અસ્થિવિજ્ઞાન (asthivijñān)
Hindi: अस्थि विज्ञान (asthi vijñān), अस्थिविज्ञान (asthivijñān)
Hungarian: csonttan (hu), oszteológia
Japanese: 骨学 (kotsugaku)
Kazakh: сүйектану (süiektanu)
Korean: 골학(骨學) (golhak)
Nepali: अस्थि विज्ञान (asthi vigyāna)
Plautdietsch: Knoakekonnst f
Polish: osteologia (pl) f
Portuguese: osteologia f
Russian: остеоло́гия (ru) f (osteológija)
Swedish: osteologi (sv) c
Tagalog: palabutuhan, dalubbutuan
Tamil: எலும்பியல் (elumpiyal)

bone structure of a particular individual or species

Finnish: luusto (fi)
German: artspezifischer Knochenbau m (species)
Portuguese: ossatura

See also

orthopedics

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