ossicle
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1. a small bone; especially one in the middle ear (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | bone, os, |
| definition | : | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | auditory ossicle, |
| definition | : | ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | bone, os, |
| definition | : | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | bone, osseous tissue, |
| definition | : | the porous calcified substance from which bones are made (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | ossicular, ossiculate, |
| definition | : | pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | bone, os, |
| definition | : | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | bone, osseous tissue, |
| definition | : | the porous calcified substance from which bones are made (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | ossicular, ossiculate, |
| definition | : | pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear (adj.pert) |
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