Definitions for skeletal
ˈskɛl ɪ tlskele·tal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skeletaladjective

   of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton

   "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles"

2. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wastedadjective

   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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1. skeletaladjective

   of, or relating to the skeleton

2. skeletaladjective

   haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt

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1. skeletal

   A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals. There are several types of skeletons, including the exoskeleton, which is the stable outer shell of an organism, the endoskeleton, which forms the support structure inside the body, and the hydroskeleton, a flexible internal skeleton supported by fluid pressure. Vertebrates are animals with a vertebral column, and their skeletons are typically composed of bone and cartilage. Invertebrates are animals that lack a vertebral column. The skeletons of invertebrates vary, including hard exoskeleton shells, plated endoskeletons, or spicules. Cartilage is a rigid connective tissue that is found in the skeletal systems of vertebrates and invertebrates.

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1. Skeletaladjective

   pertaining to the skeleton

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1. lakelets

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of skeletal in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of skeletal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of skeletal in a Sentence

1. Marie Strader:

   We intended this paper to serve as a humble blueprint for how researchers can use this technology to study the functions of coral genes, we are currently conducting experiments investigating how specific genes regulate coral skeletal formation, or calcification, for example. However, we expect this technique could be useful to identify genes involved in many other ecologically important traits such as thermal tolerance or coral bleaching.

2. Nathan Sharps:

   This decreases the chance of muscular-skeletal injury. We look at the soldier as an individual ecosystem. We’re not just looking at what they cannot do right now, but also at what challenges they are going to face 20 years from now.

3. Liran Carmel:

   We provide the first reconstruction of the skeletal anatomy of Denisovans, in many ways, Denisovans resembled Neanderthals, but in some traits, they resembled us, and in others they were unique.

4. Thomas Frazer:

   This type of work really matters, corals selected for restoration might, for example, be more resistant to warmer ocean temperatures and bleaching, exhibit skeletal properties that are able to withstand more intense wave energy, or traits that might make them more resistant to disease or other environmental stressors.

5. Chris Stantis:

   Strontium enters our bodies primarily through the food we eat, it readily replaces calcium, as its a similar atomic radius. This is the same way lead enters our skeletal system; although, while lead is dangerous, strontium is not.

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