osteology
noun
os·te·ol·o·gy ˌä-stē-ˈä-lə-jē 
1
: a branch of anatomy dealing with the bones
2
: the bony structure of an organism
osteological
ˌä-stē-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl
adjective osteologist
ˌä-stē-ˈä-lə-jist
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web When the 13 bones were shipped to Fiji and studied by Dr. D.W. Hoodless of the Central Medical School the next year, forensic osteology was still limited, Jantz said. 
Marwa Eltagouri, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2018 The osteology of Neovenator salerii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wealden Group (Barremian) of the Isle of Wight. Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network, 16 June 2017 For those of you with no medical background, osteology is the scientific study of bones and this museum is chock full of them. Jennifer D., WIRED, 13 Sep. 2011
Marwa Eltagouri, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2018 The osteology of Neovenator salerii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wealden Group (Barremian) of the Isle of Wight. Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network, 16 June 2017 For those of you with no medical background, osteology is the scientific study of bones and this museum is chock full of them. Jennifer D., WIRED, 13 Sep. 2011 Word History
Etymology
New Latin osteologia, from Greek, description of bones, from oste- + -logia -logy
First Known Use
1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
osteology
noun
os·te·ol·o·gy ˌäs-tē-ˈäl-ə-jē
plural osteologies
1
: a branch of anatomy dealing with the bones
2
: the bony structure of an organism