skeletal
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5.0
- adjective
- /ˈskɛlɪtəl/
- Specialized
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esquelético
- Generally speaking, because all tribes have differences in religion, unearthing skeletal remains and funerary objects is disruptive.
- skeletal muscle
- skeletal remains
- skeletal structure
This is like impact in the skeletal system.
- This is like impact in the skeletal system.
- And by the way, the health of skeletal muscle mass begins when we're young.
- When you lose skeletal muscle mass, you also see a change in metabolic health.
- By the way, skeletal muscle, which I forgot to tell you is a nutrient sensing organ.
- It was so big that for a long time people thought that this was a strengthening skeletal element and didn't recognise it as a single nerve fibre.
- We don't really store amino acids, although our muscle, skeletal muscle is kind of a reservoir for them.
- You know, it's incredible how I, I took a class called skeletal muscle Structure, Function and plasticity.
Examples
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This gives me the skeletal structure as before skeletal structure.
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This is like impact in the skeletal system.
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The skeletal structure's completely normal.
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The most common cuts of meat come from the skeletal muscles of animals.
Academic text (1999) -
The burials found there comprise the largest skeletal population of this age in North America.
Academic text (2011) -
Now the lawns were dead and yellow, the trees skeletal without their cloak of leaves.
Fiction book (1992) -
There's a skeletal structure at work unlike anything I've ever seen.
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Pointed arches, flying buttresses, and large windows made the structure more skeletal and ornate.
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One day a crater appeared, and now two stories of skeletal steel gleamed in the streetlamps and headlights.
Fiction book (1998) -
The archaeologists uncovered a skeletal structure that provided insights into ancient burial practices.
Synonyms
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3.0
Made from the hard parts inside animals or humans, like a skeleton
Relating to bone or made of bone
About bones or the study of bones
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
3.8
A body part attached to bones that pulls them to move the body, often with stripes
- Specialized
3
4.6
A set of bones that supports and gives shape to a person or animal
- Specialized
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5.8
Inside support that gives a building or machine its shape and strength
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skeletal comes from the Greek skeletos, meaning 'dried up', and it is the same root as skeleton. So skeletal describes something that belongs to the body's 'bones' or the support structure that holds the body together.