Definition of osteology in English:
osteology
noun ˌɒstɪˈɒlədʒiˌɑstiˈɑlədʒi
mass nounThe study of the structure and function of the skeleton and bony structures.
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead, this will be one of those tiresome housekeeping sessions on the fine points of osteology.
- The book probes the limits of forensic osteology and examines both successes and failures.
- This attention actually relates to the developmental molecular biology of the pituitary, rather than to osteology.
- In 1880 he completed a Ph.D. in osteology and vertebrate paleontology at Yale.
- It is clear however that the human skeleton is unlike that of any other animal and this uniqueness is exploited in the science of osteology, where recognition of ‘human’ plays a vital role.
Derivatives
adjective ˌɒstɪəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)lˌɑstiəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l
From the osteological point of view, we conclude that this creature does not belong to the plesiosaurian reptiles.
Example sentencesExamples
- These structures are interpreted as osteological correlates of a system of air sacs and pneumatic diverticula similar to that of birds.
- However the inner ear is divided, the osteological result is the same.
- In addition, the osteological experts will analyze the skeletal data for this group and compare their individual data with similar data from other Civil War era remains.
- Most of the specimens have been washed, and all have undergone scientific osteological analyses.
adverbˌɒstɪɒləˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)li
Now, if you want to redefine birds osteologically to take in Caudipteryx, then what you do is to take the definition down very deeply into the Coelurosauria.
Example sentencesExamples
- If a partly exposed skeleton is ‘deemed osteologically or archaeologically important’, the trench should be extended, but remains should otherwise be reinterred.
noun
Whether further excavation work will be carried out depends on the results from the bone osteologist.
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- A bone osteologist based at York University will undertake the examination of the human bones and this analysis will hopefully determine the age, sex and possible causes of death.
- The co-author of Extinct Humans is Jeffrey H. Schwartz, an osteologist and paleontologist at the University of Pittsburgh.
Definition of osteology in US English:
osteology
nounˌästēˈäləjēˌɑstiˈɑlədʒi
The study of the structure and function of the skeleton and bony structures.
Example sentencesExamples
- This attention actually relates to the developmental molecular biology of the pituitary, rather than to osteology.
- In 1880 he completed a Ph.D. in osteology and vertebrate paleontology at Yale.
- Instead, this will be one of those tiresome housekeeping sessions on the fine points of osteology.
- The book probes the limits of forensic osteology and examines both successes and failures.
- It is clear however that the human skeleton is unlike that of any other animal and this uniqueness is exploited in the science of osteology, where recognition of ‘human’ plays a vital role.