osteologist

English

Etymology

osteo- +‎ -logist

Noun

osteologist (plural osteologists)

1. A scientist or physician whose speciality is osteology.
   • 2020 July 29, “Neolithic skeleton among finds unearthed at HS2 site”, in Rail, page 17:

     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.

Translations

specialist in osteology

• Armenian: ոսկրաբան (oskraban)
• Finnish: osteologi (fi)
• French: ostéologue (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ოსტეოლოგი (osṭeologi)
• German: Osteologe (de) m, Osteologin (de) f
• Irish: oisté-eolaí m
• Italian: osteologo (it) m
• Japanese: 骨学者 (kotsugakusha)
• Romanian: osteolog (ro) m
• Spanish: osteólogo (es) m

See also

• orthopedist

References

• “osteologist”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.