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Synonyms for osteology

Grammar : Noun
Spell : os-tee-ol-uh-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒs tiˈɒl ə dʒi

Top 10 synonyms for osteology
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Définition of osteology

Origin :
  • 1660s, from French ostèologie, from Modern Latin osteologia, from Greek osteon "bone" (see osseous) + -logia (see -logy).
  • As in skeleton : noun structure of bones in animate being or supports in an object
Example sentences :
  • Why is it that the students of Osteology are so few in number?
  • Extract from : « Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects » by J. E. Taylor
  • So I think it may be said that mechanics and osteology are pure science.
  • Extract from : « Science and Education » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • The osteology of these three genera is comparatively well-known.
  • Extract from : « The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles » by Richard C. Fox
  • To be sure, and such is the osteology of the most amorous intent.
  • Extract from : « The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete » by Honore de Balzac
  • He didn't seem, however, to have any such passion for osteology.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 » by Various
  • We have already noted how much superior was his osteology to that of Mundinus.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of Modern Medicine » by William Osler
  • As he spoke he watched the doctor curiously while he inspected the specimens of osteology in the oak chest.
  • Extract from : « The Man with a Shadow » by George Manville Fenn
  • As far as I know, there is no really luminous book on osteology in existence.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects » by J. E. Taylor
  • And yet it is points like these which, in my opinion, make up the true science of Osteology.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects » by J. E. Taylor
  • But for the real student of Osteology the separated bones, as a rule, are far more valuable than those which are connected.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects » by J. E. Taylor

Antonyms for osteology

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