skeletal – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
skeletal
adj.
pertaining to the skeleton; resembling a skeleton; forming a skeleton; extremely thin
Skeleton
The
skeleton (from Greek σκελετός,
skeletós "dried up") is the body part that forms the supporting structure of an
organism. There are two different skeletal types: the
exoskeleton, which is the stable outer shell of an organism, and the
endoskeleton, which forms the support structure inside the body. There are also two other forms of skeleton referred to, the
hydroskeleton and the
cytoskeleton.
skeletal
Adjective
1. of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles"
(pertainym) skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale
2. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "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"
(synonym) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, wasted
(similar) thin, lean
skeletal
příd.jm.
kosterní; kostlivý; vychrtlý
Skeletal
(a.)
Pertaining to the skeleton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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