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Definition of Bone age
1. Noun. A person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age.
Medical Definition of Bone age
1. The stage of development of bone as adjudged by radiography, in contrast to chronologic age. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bone Age
Literary usage of Bone age
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1898)
"... and if we take the material for our guide we might be free to introduce a new
division and call it the "bone age." The characteristics of this age might ..."
2. Osteoporosis Research, Education and Health Promotion (1993)
"Such damage may result from (1) greater load concentration because of osteopenia; (2)
more loading cycles because bone age is increased as a result of ..."
3. British Barrows: A Record of the Examination of Sepulchral Mounds in Various by William Greenwell (1877)
"The bronze period again, though its term of duration in these islands was no
doubt almost infinitely shorter than that of the stone and bone age, or rather ..."
4. An Illustrated History of Monroe County, Iowa: A Complete Civil, Political by Frank Hickenlooper (1896)
"Addison Boggs, age 18, private, Co. G; must, in June 10, '64. Clark N. Bone, age
18, private, Co. G; must, in June 10, '64. Jas. A. Bone, age 18, private, ..."
5. Disability Evaluation Under Social Security edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"This is particularly true for adjudication under 100.02BB bone age determinations
should include a full descriptive report of roentgenograms specifically ..."
6. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1902)
"... might fairly be described as persisting in a " bone age " culture antecedent
to the Age of Stone. JL MYRES. India. Note on Some Indian Tatu-Marks. ..."
7. Trephining in Its Ancient and Modern Aspect by Carl F. W. Bödecker, John Fletcher Horne (1894)
"... firmly held against the bone. Age is no bar against the operation ; a child
twelve months old has been successfully trephined for a punctured fracture ..."
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