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Definition of Ossiculum
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 Ossiculum
1. n. Same as Ossicle.
Definition of Ossiculum
1. Noun. (anatomy) An ossicle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ossiculum
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Origin: L, a little bone.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ossiculum
Literary usage of Ossiculum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1890)
"ossiculum maxillo-frontale. 1. Of the first variety only two specimens were ...
The ossiculum hamuli, as described by Macalister, consists of a separate ..."
2. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"The passage of the ossiculum audit us is made by a hole, and not by a fissure.
... The ossiculum passes by means of a hole to entu • second chamber of the ..."
3. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts by Augustus Addison Gould (1870)
"the wedge-shaped ossiculum lying against that part. ... When destitute of the
ossiculum, if reliance were placed upon the hinge alone, the shell would ..."
4. Boston Journal of Natural History by Boston Society of Natural History (1839)
"M. de Blainville, on the contrary, speaks of and represents them as cloven, and
they certainly are so in the specimen before me ; the form of the ossiculum ..."
5. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1827)
"It is known to be inserted into the malleus by the long process of this ossiculum,
and so that the process might be considered as an osseous tendon ..."
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