noun
- the scientific study of bones and the skeletal system
Usage: medical; scientific
Examples
- She specialized in osteology during her medical studies.
- The museum’s osteology department houses thousands of bone specimens.
- Osteology helps forensic scientists identify human remains.
- Students in the anatomy course learned basic osteology principles.
- The researcher published groundbreaking work in comparative osteology.
- Osteology is essential for understanding vertebrate evolution.