osteology

1. 1.

   the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton

   Broaderanatomy

Other forms of osteology

plural

osteologies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about osteology

What does osteology mean?

osteology means "the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton".

How many syllables are in osteology?

osteology has 5 syllables and divides as o-ste-o-lo-gy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.