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- [skel-i-tl]
- /ˈskɛl ɪ tl/
- /ˈskel.ɪ.təl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skel-i-tl]
- /ˈskɛl ɪ tl/
Definitions of skeletal word
- adjective skeletal of, relating to, or like a skeleton. 1
- adjective skeletal relating to a skeleton 1
- adjective skeletal emaciated 1
- adjective skeletal Skeletal means relating to the bones in your body. 0
- adjective skeletal A skeletal person is so thin that you can see their bones through their skin. 0
- adjective skeletal Something that is skeletal has been reduced to its basic structure. 0
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Origin of skeletal
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; skelet(on) + -al1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Skeletal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
skeletal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
skeletal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for skeletal
adj skeletal
- anatomic — of or relating to anatomy
- anatomical — Anatomical means relating to the structure of the bodies of people and animals.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- bony — Someone who has a bony face or bony hands, for example, has a very thin face or very thin hands, with very little flesh covering their bones.
adjective skeletal
- attenuated — An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
- deathlike — resembling or suggestive of death
- emaciated — Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
- exsanguinous — Alternative form of exsanguious.
- fleshless — Without flesh, lacking flesh.
Top questions with skeletal
- what are the functions of the skeletal system?
- what is the skeletal system?
- what is the functions of the skeletal system?
- what is the function of the skeletal system?
- what does the skeletal system do?
- what is the role of tropomyosin in skeletal muscles?
- why do skeletal muscles work in pairs?
- why do skeletal muscles have to work in pairs?
- where is skeletal muscle found?
- what are the five major functions of the skeletal system?
- why is the skeletal system important to us?
- how does the skeletal system work?
- a skeletal muscle is stimulated to contract by what structure?
- what joins the skeletal muscle to the bone?
- how does the skeletal system maintain homeostasis?
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