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OSSICULUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ossiculum mean? 

OSSICULUM (noun)
  The noun OSSICULUM has 1 sense:

1. a small bone; especially one in the middle earplay

  Familiarity information: OSSICULUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OSSICULUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A small bone; especially one in the middle ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bonelet; ossicle; ossiculum

Hypernyms ("ossiculum" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ossiculum"):

auditory ossicle (ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear)

Holonyms ("ossiculum" is a part of...):

middle ear; tympanic cavity; tympanum (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)


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