- ossiculate
- ossiculate ossiculate adj.
Of or pertaining to an ossicle.
Syn: ossicular. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
ossiculate
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ossiculate — See ossicular. * * * … Universalium
ossiculate — os·sic·u·late … English syllables
ossiculate — adjective pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear • Syn: ↑ossicular • Pertains to noun: ↑ossicle, ↑ossicle (for: ↑ossicular) • Derivationally related forms: ↑oss … Useful english dictionary
ossicular — adjective pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear • Syn: ↑ossiculate • Pertains to noun: ↑ossicle (for: ↑ossiculate), ↑ossicle • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ossicular — adj. Of or pertaining to an ossicle. Syn: ossiculate. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ossicle — ossicular /o sik yeuh leuhr/, ossiculate /o sik yeuh lit/, adj. /os i keuhl/, n. a small bone. [1570 80; < L ossiculum, equiv. to ossi (comb. form of os) bone + culum CLE1] * * * … Universalium
ossicle — [äs′i kəl] n. [< L ossiculum, dim. of os, a bone: see OSSIFY] a small bone or bonelike structure; esp., any of the three small bones in the tympanic cavity of the ear ossicular [ä sik′yo͞o lər] adj. ossiculate [ä sik′yəlit, ä sik′yəlāt΄] … English World dictionary
ossiculated — adjective see ossiculate … Useful english dictionary
