Ossicle Synonyms

ŏsĭ-kəl
A small bone; especially one in the middle ear
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bonelet
  2. ossiculum

Words Related to Ossicle

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Ossicle Sentence Examples

  • To allow the transmission of high frequency sounds, the stapes is used as an auditory ossicle.

  • If an x-ray shows an independent ossicle behind the main body of the tendon then surgical removal may be helpful after skeletal maturation.

  • In Colymbus the patella is reduced to a small ossicle, its function being taken by the greatly developed pyramidal processus tibialis anterior; in Podiceps and Hesperornis the patella itself is large and pyramidal.