English Explanatory Dictionary

skeletal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
adj
  1. of, or relating to the skeleton
  2. haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
  3. barebones, lacking elaboration

Pronunciation

/ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/ /skəˈliː.təl/ [ˈskɛl.ɪ.tl̩] [skəˈliː.tl̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skeletal.wav /ˈskɛl.ə.təl/ [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾəl] [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾl̩] /ˈskel.ə.təl/ [ˈskel.ə.ɾəl] [ˈskəˈliː.ɾəl]

Word forms

skeletal skeletals sceletal more skeletal most skeletal

Etymology

From skeleton + -al.

Derived words

askeletal carboskeletal cardioskeletal chondroskeletal cranioskeletal cytoskeletal dentoskeletal dermoskeletal diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis Eiken skeletal dysplasia endoskeletal episkeletal exoskeletal extraskeletal faciocutaneoskeletal hydroskeletal hyposkeletal intraskeletal musculoskeletal myoskeletal neuromusculoskeletal neuroskeletal nonskeletal nucleoskeletal oculofacioskeletal oculoskeletal odontoskeletal osteoskeletal periskeletal preskeletal skeletal age skeletal animation skeletal eroding band skeletal fluorosis skeletal formula skeletalism skeletality skeletalization skeletalize skeletally skeletal muscle skeletal-muscle pump skeletal soil skeletal system visceroskeletal
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