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ossicle
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ossicle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ossicle has 1 sense
- ossicle(n = noun.body) bonelet, ossiculum - a small bone; especially one in the middle ear; Array is a kind of bone, os
has particulars: auditory ossicle
is a part of middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum
Derived form adjective ossicular1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ossicle, n. [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a bone.].
- A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear. [1913 Webster]
- One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ossicle, n.
1 Anat. any small bone, esp. of the middle ear.
2 a small piece of bonelike substance.
1 Anat. any small bone, esp. of the middle ear.
2 a small piece of bonelike substance.
Etymology
L ossiculum dimin. (as OSSEOUS)
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