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Webster 1913 Edition

Osteology

Osˊte-ol′o-gy

,

Noun.

[

Osteo-

+

-logy

: cf. F.

ostéologie

.]

The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Osteology

OSTEOL'OGY

,

Noun.

[Gr. a bone, and discourse.]

1.

A description of the bones; that part of anatomy which treats of the bones.

2.

The system of animal bones.