| Pronunciation: | | 'âsikul
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| Matching Terms: | | ossicles
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a small bone; especially one in the middle ear |
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| | Synonyms: | | bonelet, ossiculum |
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| | See Also: | | auditory ossicle, bone, middle ear, os, tympanic cavity, tympanum |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Os"si*cle\, n. [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a
bone.]
1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum
of the ear.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous small calcareous structures
forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the
starfishes.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A small bone, in this case in the middle ear. |
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