osteology

English

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ -logy.

Noun

osteology (usually uncountable, plural osteologies)

1. (anatomy) The scientific study of the morphology and pathology of bones.
2. (anatomy) The bone structure of a particular individual, or species.

Derived terms

• paleo-osteology

 

Related terms

• osteological
• osteologically
• osteologist

Translations

study of bones

• Breton: askornoniezh (br) f
• Catalan: osteologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 骨學 / 骨学 (zh) (gǔxué)

• Finnish: osteologia (fi), luututkimus, luututkimus
• French: ostéologie (fr) f
• Galician: osteoloxía (gl) f
• Georgian: ოსტეოლოგია (osṭeologia)
• German: Osteologie (de) f, Knochenlehre f, Lehre vom Bau und den Krankheiten der Knochen f (descriptive)
• Greek: οστεολογία (el) f (osteología), σκελετολογία (el) f (skeletología)
• Gujarati: અસ્થિવિજ્ઞાન (asthivijñān)
• Hindi: अस्थि विज्ञान (asthi vijñān), अस्थिविज्ञान (asthivijñān)
• Hungarian: csonttan (hu), oszteológia
• Japanese: 骨学 (kotsugaku)
• Kazakh: сүйектану (süiektanu)
• Korean: 골학(骨學) (golhak)
• Nepali: अस्थि विज्ञान (asthi vigyāna)
• Plautdietsch: Knoakekonnst f
• Polish: osteologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: osteologia f
• Russian: остеоло́гия (ru) f (osteológija)
• Swedish: osteologi (sv) c
• Tagalog: palabutuhan, dalubbutuan
• Tamil: எலும்பியல் (elumpiyal)

bone structure of a particular individual or species

• Finnish: luusto (fi)
• German: artspezifischer Knochenbau m (species)
• Portuguese: ossatura

See also

• orthopedics