skeletal
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/, /skəˈliː.təl/, [ˈskɛl.ɪ.tl̩], [skəˈliː.tl̩]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskɛl.ə.təl/, [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾəl], [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾl̩]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈskel.ə.təl/, /skəˈliː.təl/, [ˈskel.ə.ɾəl], [ˈskəˈliː.ɾəl]
Noun
skeletal (plural skeletals)
- (paleontology, informal) Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
Adjective
skeletal (comparative more skeletal, superlative most skeletal)
- of, or relating to the skeleton
- haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
- barebones, lacking elaboration
- 1983 August 20, Penny Landau, “The Reality Around Us: Two Gay Plays”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 17:
- On the whole, Sidney Morris has given us sketchy characters that need more fine tuning than this production […] could give it. Only Holmberg seemed to dig deeply within himself to create a complete character from Morris' skeletal outline.
Derived terms
- 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
- skeletalization
- skeletalize
- skeletally
- skeletal muscle
- skeletal-muscle pump
- skeletal soil
- skeletal system
- visceroskeletal
Translations
of, or relating to the skeleton
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haggard
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barebones, lacking elaboration
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