Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OS-TE-OL'O-GY
OS-TE-OL'O-GY, n. [Gr. οστεον, a bone, and λογος, discourse.]
- A description of the bones; that part of anatomy which treats of the bones. Encyc.
- The system of animal bones.
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