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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 ear
Familiarity information: OSSICULUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small bone; especially one in the middle ear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
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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