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osteology

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The scientific study of the morphology and pathology of bones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The bone structure of a particular individual, or species.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: anatomy, general anatomy

History

Etymology

From osteo- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ոսկրաբանություն (oskrabanutʻyun) — study of bones
  • Azerbaijani: osteologiya — study of bones
  • Breton: askornoniezh — study of bones
  • Catalan: osteologia — study of bones
  • Chinese Mandarin: 骨學 /骨学 (gǔxué) — study of bones
  • Czech: osteologie — study of bones
  • Czech: kostivěda — study of bones
  • Finnish: osteologia — study of bones
  • Finnish: luututkimus — study of bones
  • French: ostéologie — study of bones
  • Galician: osteoloxía — study of bones
  • Georgian: ოსტეოლოგია (osṭeologia) — study of bones
  • German: Osteologie — study of bones
  • German: Knochenlehre — study of bones
  • German: Lehre vom Bau und den Krankheiten der Knochen — study of bones
  • Greek: οστεολογία (osteología) — study of bones
  • Greek: σκελετολογία (skeletología) — study of bones
  • Gujarati: અસ્થિવિજ્ઞાન (asthivijñān) — study of bones
  • Hindi: अस्थि विज्ञान (asthi vijñān) — study of bones
  • Hindi: अस्थिविज्ञान (asthivijñān) — study of bones
  • Hungarian: csonttan — study of bones
  • Hungarian: oszteológia — study of bones
  • Italian: osteologia — study of bones
  • Japanese: 骨学 (kotsugaku) — study of bones
  • Kazakh: сүйектану (süiektanu) — study of bones
  • Korean: 골학 (golhak) — study of bones
  • Nepali: अस्थि विज्ञान (asthi vigyāna) — study of bones
  • Plautdietsch: Knoakekonnst — study of bones
  • Polish: osteologia — study of bones
  • Portuguese: osteologia — study of bones
  • Russian: остеоло́гия (osteológija) — study of bones
  • Slovak: osteológia — study of bones
  • Spanish: osteología — study of bones
  • Swedish: osteologi — study of bones
  • Tagalog: palabutuhan — study of bones
  • Tagalog: dalubbutuan — study of bones
  • Tamil: எலும்பியல் (elumpiyal) — study of bones
  • Ukrainian: остеологія (osteolohija) — study of bones
  • Finnish: luusto — bone structure of a particular individual or species
  • German: artspezifischer Knochenbau — bone structure of a particular individual or species
  • Portuguese: ossatura — bone structure of a particular individual or species