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OSTEOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("osteology" is a kind of...):
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)