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osteologist

osteologist noun: a scientist or physician whose speciality is osteology.

Noun

osteologist (plural osteologists)

  1. A scientist or physician whose speciality is osteology.
    • The skeleton is an adult male who was buried with his hands bound together under his pelvis. It is suggested this unusual position means he could have been murdered or executed. [...] We hope our osteologists will be able to shed more light on this potentially gruesome death.2020 July 29, “Neolithic skeleton among finds unearthed at HS2 site”, in Rail, page 17

osteologist meaning in Tamil

osteologist in Tamil

எலும்பியல் வல்லுநர், எலும்பு மருத்துவர்

Forms of osteologist

pluralosteologists

Origin of osteologist

From osteo- + -logist.

Questions about osteologist

What does osteologist mean?
Osteologist means a scientist or physician whose speciality is osteology.
What is osteologist in Tamil?
Osteologist in Tamil is எலும்பியல் வல்லுநர், எலும்பு மருத்துவர். See Osteologist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is osteologist?
Osteologist is a noun.
What is the plural of osteologist?
The plural of osteologist is osteologists.

Words near osteologist in the dictionary

  1. osteologers
  2. osteologic
  3. osteological
  4. osteologically
  5. osteologies
  6. osteologist
  7. osteologists
  8. osteology
  9. osteolysis
  10. osteolytic
  11. osteoma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: osteologist (page history and authors); osteologist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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