skeletal

Words with a similar base: skeletal

'skeletal'

[skeletal.a.01] as in: of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton

Examples:
the skeletal system
skeletal bones
skeletal muscles

'skeletal'

[bony.s.01] as in: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Examples:
emaciated bony hands
a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
eyes were haggard and cavernous
small pinched faces
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration

Origins

					skeletal (English)
├── -al (English)
└── skeleton (English)
    └── σκελετός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
        └── σκελλώ (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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