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 Definitions of skeletal  [ˈskɛl ɪ tl]  

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Definition of 'skeletal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) skeletal
of, pertaining to, or like a skeleton.

Etymology:  (1850–55)

Definition of 'skeletal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) skeletal
of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
"the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles"

2. (adj) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
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"


Definition of 'skeletal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) skeletal
pertaining to the skeleton



'skeletal' - Nearby Entries  

skeg  skein  skeletal  skeletal frame  skeletal muscle  skeletal structure  skeletal system  



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