Meaning

1 senses
  1. An ossicle.

More definitions
  • a small bone; especially one in the middle ear

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ossiculum (“little bone”), from os (“bone”) + -culum, neuter of -culus

Borrowed from Latin ossiculum (“little bone”), from os (“bone”) + -culum, neuter of -culus (diminutive suffix).

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Forms

plural: ossicula
Singularossiculum
Pluralossicula

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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