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Etymology
Late 16th century from Latin ossiculum ("little bone", "ossicle") from os ("bone").
Pronunciation
Wiktionary:IPA|IPA:/�sɪk�l/
Noun
en-noun
- anatomy A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.
#:The incus is one of the three auditory ossicles.
#:Quotations
#:*1836: The eyeballs were surrounded by a ring of bones, the sclerotic ossicle, which probably protected their eyes when diving abruptly for prey. — William Buckland, Geology and Mineralogy, Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, vol. 1, William Pickering, 1836, p. 174
- zoology Bone-like joint or plate, especially:
#:* one of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes;
#:* one of the hard articuli or joints of the stem or branches of a crinoid or encrinite;
#:* one of the several small hard chitinous parts or processes of the gastric skeleton of crustaceans, as in the stomach of a lobster or crawfish.
#:The skeleton of echinoderms is made of ossicles, linked to each other via muscles and connective tissue.
Synonyms
top2
auditory bone
auditory ossicle
bonelet
ossicular chain
mid2
ossicule
ossiculum
otic bone
Derived terms
top3
ambulacral ossicle
Andernach's ossicles
cardiac ossicle
carpal ossicle
epactal ossicles
episternal ossicles
intercalcar ossicles
mid3
Kerckring's ossicle|Kerckring's (Kerkring's) ossicle
marginal ossicles
ossicle of Bertin
ossicular
ossiculate
ossiculectomy
ossiculotomy
mid3
Riolan's ossicles
sphenoturbinal ossicle
tarsal ossicle
vertebral ossicle
Weberian ossicles
wormian ossicles
Related terms
See os.
Translations
trans-top|small bone in the ear; auditory ossicle
Finnish: kuuloluu
trans-mid
Polish: kosteczka f, kostka f
trans-bottom
trans-top|bone-like plate
Polish: p�ytka (wapienny|wapienna) f
trans-bottom
See also
bone
incus
malleus
stapes
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