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osteology

[os-tee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌɒs tiˈɒl ə dʒi /


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It was originally used as an osteology and mammals gallery.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The study combined osteology, the study of bones, with advanced genetic analysis.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

Jess manages an osteology prep lab without squeam, cleaning animal carcasses with dermestid beetles; and recovers Lexington from the natural history museum’s attic.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2022

Experts in fields ranging from fine art, osteology, computer tomology, and craniofacial reconstruction worked together to create the likenesses from two mummies acquired abroad and brought to Baltimore more than a century ago.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2018

And I apprehend that it was just this service which Goethe rendered by writing his essays on the intermaxillary bone, on osteology generally, and on the metamorphoses of plants.

From Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley by T. H. Huxley


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