ossicle

English - Turkish

Definition of ossicle in English Turkish dictionary

(Anatomi) küçük kemik

kemikçik

kulak kemikçiği

(Tıp) Kemikçik, ortakulağın küçük kemiklerinden biri, ossiculum

ufak kemik

{i} kemik parçası

i., anat. kemikçik, küçük kemik

Related Terms

auditory ossicle

işitsel kemikçik

ossicles

kemikçiklerdeki

English - English

Definition of ossicle in English English dictionary

Bone-like joint or plate, especially:

The skeleton of echinoderms is made of ossicles, linked to each other via muscles and connective tissue.

A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear

The eyeballs were surrounded by a ring of bones, the sclerotic ossicle, which probably protected their eyes when diving abruptly for prey.

{n} a small or little bone, a stone of fruit

A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear

One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes

a small bone; especially one in the middle ear

{i} small bone; one of the bones in the small bony structure in the human middle ear

Bone-like joint or plate, especially

Related Terms

Weberian ossicle

One of a chain of small bones that connect the auditory system to the air bladder of teleost fishes

auditory ossicle

ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear

ossicles

plural of ossicle

Hyphenation

os·si·cle

Synonyms

auditory bone, auditory ossicle, bonelet, ossicular chain, ossicule, ossiculum, otic bone

Etymology

() Late 16th century from Latin ossiculum ("little bone", "ossicle") from os ("bone").