Definitions for skeletal

Definitions for (adj) skeletal

Main entry: haggard, skeletal, cadaverous, bony, emaciated, gaunt, wasted, pinched

Definition: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Usage: 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


Main entry: skeletal

Definition: of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton

Usage: the skeletal system; skeletal bones; skeletal muscles


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