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Definition of Ossicle
1. Noun. A small bone; especially one in the middle ear.
Generic synonyms: Bone, Os
Specialized synonyms: Auditory Ossicle
Group relationships: Middle Ear, Tympanic Cavity, Tympanum
Derivative terms: Bone, Bone, Ossicular
Definition of Ossicle
1. n. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.
Definition of Ossicle
1. Noun. (anatomy) A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) Bone-like joint or plate, especially: ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ossicle
1. a small bone [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ossicle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ossicle
Literary usage of Ossicle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1888)
"With this process is articulated, posteriorly, a broad pre- pyloric ossicle,
which passes obliquely upward and forward, in the front wall of the anterior ..."
2. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"the cardiac ossicle and with the prepyloric ossicle or median tooth. The cardiac
ossicle is at each end (ie, on the right and left) articulated with the ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1902)
"In the roof of the posterior part of the cardiac division is a plate called the
cardiac ossicle, whose shape is shown in tig 29, car. ..."
4. The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes: Being by John Stanley Gardiner (1903)
"which lie in the roof of the pyloric division of the stomach to the outside, and
rather in front, of the medium pyloric ossicle, bearing to this latter much ..."
5. Outlines of Physiology, Human and Comparative by John Marshall (1868)
"11ч head connected with the next ossicle, o, the fecund ossicle, or incus, its
body joined with the malleus, its short leg -b»,'hn. out towards the aide of ..."
6. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1902)
"In the roof of the posterior part of the cardiac division is a plate called the
cardiac ossicle, whose shape is shown in fig 29, car. ..."
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