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Noun
1. osteology
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2. OsteologyOsteology is the scientific study of bones, practiced by osteologists. A subdiscipline of anatomy, anthropology, and archeology, osteology is a detailed study of the structure of bones, skeletal elements, teeth, morphology, function, disease, pathology, the process of ossification, the resistance and hardness of bones, etc. often used by scientists with identification of human remains with regard to age, death, sex, growth, and development in a biocultural context.
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