Explore Osteology through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like anatomy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Osteology in a sentence
Osteology meaning
- The scientific study of the morphology and pathology of bones.
- The bone structure of a particular individual, or species.
Synonyms of Osteology
Using Osteology
- The main meaning on this page is: The scientific study of the morphology and pathology of bones. | The bone structure of a particular individual, or species.
- Useful related words include: anatomy, general anatomy.
- In the example corpus, osteology often appears in combinations such as: of osteology.
Context around Osteology
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Osteology
- In this selection, "osteology" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, teaching, fossil, collections and houses stand out and add context to how "osteology" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bird s osteology from that and have teaching osteology collections. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "osteology" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with osteology
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Museum of Osteology houses more than 300 real animal skeletons. (11 words)
The osteology and functional morphology of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon. (11 words)
Dialogues on instinct; with analytical view of the researches on fossil osteology. (12 words)
Robert W. Shufeldt found little to differentiate the bird's osteology from that of other pigeons when examining a male skeleton in 1914, but Julian P. Hume noted several distinct features in a more detailed 2015 description. (37 words)
In her experience, it’s common for departments that are more established to have teaching osteology collections. (17 words)
The Museum of Osteology is the only one of its kind in America. (13 words)
Example sentences (6)
In her experience, it’s common for departments that are more established to have teaching osteology collections.
Dialogues on instinct; with analytical view of the researches on fossil osteology.
Robert W. Shufeldt found little to differentiate the bird's osteology from that of other pigeons when examining a male skeleton in 1914, but Julian P. Hume noted several distinct features in a more detailed 2015 description.
The Museum of Osteology houses more than 300 real animal skeletons.
The Museum of Osteology is the only one of its kind in America.
The osteology and functional morphology of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon.
Common combinations with osteology
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of osteology 2×