Definition of Osteologist

1. Noun. An anatomist who is skilled is osteology.

Exact synonyms: Osteologer
Generic synonyms: Anatomist

Definition of Osteologist

1. n. One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.

Definition of Osteologist

1. Noun. A scientist or physician whose speciality is osteology. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Osteologist

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Osteologist

1. A doctor who specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of bone disorders. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osteologist

osteoids
osteoinduced
osteoinduction
osteoinductive
osteolathyrism
osteolipochondroma
osteolite
osteolites
osteologer
osteologers
osteologia
osteologic
osteological
osteologically
osteologies
osteologist (current term)
osteologists
osteology
osteolysis
osteolytic
osteoma
osteoma medullare
osteomalacia
osteomalacias
osteomalacic
osteomancy
osteomanty
osteomas
osteomata

Literary usage of Osteologist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Art of Taxidermy by John Rowley (1898)
"To a scientific museum the osteologist is as necessary in every particular ... To be a successful osteologist, one requires at times a strong stomach and a ..."

2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1804)
"Before we leave the skeletons of the thoracic fishes, we shall point out a singular articulation, that seems to have escaped every osteologist, which I have ..."

3. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"... common European Bear, shews how a most experienced and accurate osteologist may be misled by placing too much confidence in a single branch of study. ..."

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