osteobiography

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noun

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

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:osteobiography.”

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Meanings

nounosteobiography (countable and uncountable, plural osteobiographies)

plural osteobiographies

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

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:osteobiography.

  2. uncountableThe practice of deducing life stories from skeletal remains.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:osteobiography.

Origin

From osteo- + biography.

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Cite this entry
APA

osteobiography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteobiography

MLA

“osteobiography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteobiography. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osteobiography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteobiography.

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