- osteometry
- os·te·om·e·try
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osteometry
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Osteometry — is the study and measurement of human or animal skeleton, especially in an anthropological or archaeological context. In Archaeology it has been used to various ends in the subdisciplines of Zooarcaheology and Bioarchaeology. In zooarchaeology… … Wikipedia
osteometry — osteometric /os tee euh me trik/, osteometrical, adj. /os tee om i tree/, n. the anthropometric measurement of bones. [1875 80; OSTEO + METRY] * * * … Universalium
osteometry — The branch of anthropometry concerned with the relative size of the different parts of the skeleton. [osteo + G. metron, measurement] * * * os·te·om·e·try .äs tē äm ə trē n, pl tries the measurement of bones esp anthropometric measurement of the… … Medical dictionary
osteometry — n. measurement of bones … English contemporary dictionary
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