osteobiography
osteobiography · osteobiographies
The life story of a person as deduced from their skeletal remainsThe life story of a person as deduced from their skeletal remains.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)The life story of a person as deduced from their skeletal remains.
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(uncountable)The practice of deducing life stories from skeletal remains.
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Origin
From osteo- + biography.From osteo- + biography.
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Forms
plural: osteobiographies| Singular | osteobiography |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedosteobiographic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable