See Also: skeletal(dictionary)
Skeletal(medicine)
skeletal(dictionary)
Skeletal system(health)
skeletal traction(medicine)
skeletal system(medicine)
skeletal survey(medicine)
Skeletal muscle(medicine)
skeletal extension(medicine)
skeletal dysplasia(medicine)

skeletal (iou)



skeletal adjective. M19.
[from SKELETON noun + -AL1.]
Of or pertaining to, forming or formed by, a skeleton. M19.
B. Lopez Pieces of bone, representing the skeletal debris of..musk oxen.
Resembling or suggesting a skeleton owing to paucity of flesh; emaciated; skinny. M20.
D. Judd How skeletal his limbs are.
Having or consisting of only a framework or outline; bare, meagre. M20.
Atlantic Skeletal dories lie beached..in the tidal mud.
Special collocations: skeletal muscle: attached to part of a skeleton and usu. under voluntary control; striated muscle. skeletal soil = LITHOSOL.
skeletally adverb M20.