bone age

1. 1.

   a person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age

   Broaderage

Questions about bone age

What does bone age mean?

bone age means "a person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age".

Is bone age a common word?

bone age is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.