osteology

Synonyms for osteology

noun structure of bones in animate being or supports in an object

1660s, from French ostèologie, from Modern Latin osteologia, from Greek osteon "bone" (see osseous) + -logia (see -logy).

Why is it that the students of Osteology are so few in number?

So I think it may be said that mechanics and osteology are pure science.

The osteology of these three genera is comparatively well-known.

To be sure, and such is the osteology of the most amorous intent.

He didn't seem, however, to have any such passion for osteology.

We have already noted how much superior was his osteology to that of Mundinus.

As he spoke he watched the doctor curiously while he inspected the specimens of osteology in the oak chest.

As far as I know, there is no really luminous book on osteology in existence.

And yet it is points like these which, in my opinion, make up the true science of Osteology.

But for the real student of Osteology the separated bones, as a rule, are far more valuable than those which are connected.