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 Zooarchaeology and Bioarchaeology. In zooarchaeology the main goal of osteometry is taxonomic determination and, to lesser extent, determination of...
measurement of bones or skeleton
The branch of anthropometry concerned with the relative size of the different parts of the skeleton. ... Origin: osteo-+ G. Metron, measurement ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(os″te-om´ә-tre) measurement of the bones.
Type: Term Pronunciation: os′tē-om′ĕ-trē Definitions: 1. The branch of anthropometry concerned with the relative size of the different parts of the skeleton.
the anthropometric measurement of bones.