osteobiography

noun — 2 senses

osteobiography

noun

Etymology From osteo- + biography.

1

The life story of a person as deduced from their skeletal remains.

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2

The practice of deducing life stories from skeletal remains.

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:osteobiography.
Related terms
osteobiographic

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