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Meaning of "osteologist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OSTEOLOGIST

osteologist  [ˌɒstɪˈɒlədʒɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OSTEOLOGIST

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Osteologist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OSTEOLOGIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

osteologist

Osteology

Osteology or bonelore is the scientific study of bones, practiced by osteologists. A subdiscipline of anatomy, anthropology, and archaeology, osteology is a detailed study of the structure of bones, skeletal elements, teeth, microbone morphology, function, disease, pathology, the process of ossification, the resistance and hardness of bones, etc. often used by scientists with identification of vertebrate remains with regard to age, death, sex, growth, and development and can be used in a biocultural context. Osteology and osteologists should not be confused with the alternative medical practice known as osteopathy and its practitioners, osteopaths.

Definition of osteologist in the English dictionary

The definition of osteologist in the dictionary is an expert or specialist in the study of the structure and function of bones.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OSTEOLOGIST


anthropologist
ˌænθrəˈpɒlədʒɪst
archaeologist
ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒɪst
biologist
baɪˈɒlədʒɪst
cardiologist
ˌkɑːdɪˈɒlədʒɪst
dermatologist
ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒɪst
gastroenterologist
ˈɡæstrəʊˈentəˌrɒlədʒɪst
geologist
dʒɪˈɒlədʒɪst
meteorologist
ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒɪst
neurologist
njʊəˈrɒlədʒɪst
oncologist
ɒŋˈkɒlədʒɪst
ophthalmologist
ˌɒfθælˈmɒlədʒɪst
otolaryngologist
ˈəʊtəʊˌlærɪŋˈɡɒlədʒɪst
pathologist
pəˈθɒlədʒɪst
philologist
fɪˈlɒlədʒɪst
psychologist
saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst
radiologist
ˌreɪdɪˈɒlədʒɪst
sociologist
ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪst
technologist
tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪst
toxicologist
ˌtɒksɪˈkɒlədʒɪst
urologist
jʊəˈrɒlədʒɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OSTEOLOGIST

osteogenesis
osteogenesis imperfecta
osteogenetic
osteogenic
osteogenous
osteogeny
osteography
osteoid
osteological
osteologically
osteology
osteoma
osteomalacia
osteomalacial
osteomalacic
osteomata
osteomyelitis
osteopath
osteopathic
osteopathically

WORDS THAT END LIKE OSTEOLOGIST

agist
anesthesiologist
audiologist
child psychologist
climatologist
clinical psychologist
criminologist
diabetologist
ecologist
Egyptologist
endocrinologist
gynaecologist
molecular biologist
neuropsychologist
numerologist
ornithologist
pharmacologist
phytologist
reflexologist
Scientologist
virologist

Synonyms and antonyms of osteologist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «osteologist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OSTEOLOGIST

Find out the translation of osteologist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of osteologist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «osteologist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

osteologist
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

osteólogo
570 millions of speakers

English

osteologist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

osteologist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اختصاصي علم العظام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

osteologist
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

osteologist
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্থিবিজ্ঞানী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ostéologue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ahli osteologi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

osteologist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

osteologist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

osteologist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Osteologist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

osteologist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

osteologist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑस्टोलॉजिस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

osteologist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

osteologo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

osteologist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

osteologist
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

osteologist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

osteologist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

osteologist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

osteologist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

osteologist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of osteologist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OSTEOLOGIST»

The term «osteologist» is regularly used and occupies the 107.509 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OSTEOLOGIST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «osteologist» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «osteologist» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about osteologist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OSTEOLOGIST»

Discover the use of osteologist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to osteologist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Human Bone Manual
The most important single resource for the osteologist is a collection of skeletal remains. Ideally, the laboratory should have a growth series of skeletons of individuals of known age to accompany mounted skeletons of several individuals , ...
Tim D. White, Pieter A. Folkens, 2005
2
Research Methods in Human Skeletal Biology
The estimation problem is the one that traditionally was handled by an osteologist who would build a biological description that might aid in the eventual identification of the individual from a missing persons list. Where the demographic ...
Elizabeth A. DiGangi, Megan K. Moore, 2012
3
Human Osteology
Here, because of the rigorous procedures adopted by law enforcement agencies and medical examiners (Komar and Buikstra, 2008), the osteologist's report becomes part of the legal record instead of moving straight toward publication.
Tim D. White, Michael T. Black, Pieter A. Folkens, 2011
4
Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting A Complete Handbook for ...
... hand by a professional osteologist. The workof preparation on such specimens is very simple, and when once learned is easily performed. Selection PART IV.— OSTEOLOGY. ...
Charles Bradford Hudson
5
Human Remains: Guide for Museums and Academic Institutions
TELL HESI BIBLICAL SITE Jeffrey Schwartz Jeffrey Schwartz describes the beginnings of bioarchaeology and faunal analyses at biblical sites in an excerpt from his book What the Bones Tell Us: When I wore the hat of human osteologist [ at ...
Vicki Cassman, Nancy Odegaard, Joseph Frederick Powell, 2007
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Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting: A Complete Handbook for ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Temple Hornaday, 2012
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Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting - a Complete Handbook ...
This is a fascinating work and highly recommended for all amateur and professional taxidermists. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce.
William Hornaday, 2010
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Forensic Human Identification: An Introduction
Once biological identity has been established, the forensic osteologist must attempt to personalize the information available so that individual identity is achieved. Many of the ways in which this can occur have been outlined in other chapters ...
Tim Thompson, Sue Black, 2006
9
A Survey of the Forensic Sciences
The identification of an unknown deceased person is the same as in any form of matching in forensic science. Here, the evidence items are the class and individual characteristics identified by the osteologist. The standard items are records of ...
Randall Skelton, 2011
10
The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and ...
osteologist/physicalanthropologist. Kosovo currently does not have laws or regulations requiring thepresence ofa physicalanthropologist on site when human remains areexcavated, nor istherea requirementto undertake osteological  ...
Nicholas Marquez-Grant, Linda Fibiger, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OSTEOLOGIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term osteologist is used in the context of the following news items.
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London's Lost Graveyard, review: the approachable story of …
... and many foreign names even then, neatly echoed in those working on the find: archaeologist Marit Leenstra, osteologist Jelena Bekvalac, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Twenty years after the Bosnian massacre at Srebrenica, the …
Nera Cosic, an osteologist, is part of a team of scientists with the International Commission on Missing Persons, who have spent the last 15 ... «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
3
Scan of mummified body of Swedish bishop reveals baby hidden in …
“The gall bladder also has several gallstones, which could indicate a high consumption of fatty food,” Caroline Ahlström Arcini, an osteologist ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Nelson's Column: MI5 can have my emails. But internet spies …
... was safely in place there was only one other explanation. And it was not an appetising one. Getty An Osteologist holds a human jawbone. «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
5
Ancestry and DNA analysis: 5 things to know about Kennewick Man
Kari Bruwelheide, a Smithsonian Institution osteologist, carefully positions Kennewick Man's lower jaw in 2005 during a study at the Burke ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»
6
Kennewick Man related to Native Americans, DNA study says
Kari Bruwelheide, a Smithsonian Institution osteologist, carefully positions Kennewick Man's lower jaw in 2005 during a study at the Burke ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»
7
Philippa Langley: The University of Leicester was "not interested" in …
It shows Mathew finding the remains and then introduces his colleague and osteologist Dr Jo Apply who removes the soil to determine that it is ... «Leicester Mercury, May 15»
8
The Mystery of the Torso in Buffalo Cave
To maximize his odds of success, Stull recruited Nicholas Holmer, an osteologist at the Idaho Virtualization Laboratory. Holmer's specialty is ... «Wired, May 15»
9
You're A Bioarchaeologist? What Is That?
... a regular, rhetorically-titled series “Who needs an osteologist?” and weekly(ish) reviews of the forensic anthropology-based TV show Bones. «Forbes, May 15»
10
Cist grave at historic Scottish property could be father and son …
Laura Sinfield, an osteologist who works closely with Edinburgh University, Penelope Walton Rogers, of York's Anglo-Saxon Laboratory, and ... «Culture24, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Osteologist [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/osteologist>. Apr 2024 ».
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