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of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles" bony: 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"
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| skeletal muscle |
a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes
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| skeletal system |
the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
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| skeleton |
something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel" a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet" skeletal system: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
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| skew |
turn or place at an angle; "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed" having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew"
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