ossicle

Noun

Meaning

A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.

One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ossiculum bonelet pip stone bone nucleus ligament cheekbone hyoid bone tendon frontal bone ossicular ethmoid bone auditory ossicle otic bone
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Hypernyms

bone os

Hyponyms

hammer auditory ossicle

Phrases with the word

ear drum ossicle triquetral ossicle ear ossicle

Anagrams

loessic

Examples

In many amphibians, there is also a second auditory ossicle, the operculum (not to be confused with the structure of the same name in fishes). Source: Internet

Chronic ear infection (a fairly common diagnosis) can cause a defective ear drum or middle-ear ossicle damages, or both. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Ossianesque ossianic ossibuprocaine ossicone ossiconed ossicular