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ossicle
N กระดูก เล็ก
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
OSSICLE
n.[L. ossiculum. ] A small bone.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
OSSICLE
Os "si *cle, n. Etym: [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a bone. ]
1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ossicle
os si cle |ˈäsikəl ˈɑsəkəl | ▶noun Anatomy & Zoology a very small bone, esp. one of those in the middle ear. • Zoology a small piece of calcified material forming part of the skeleton of an invertebrate animal such as an echinoderm. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin ossiculum, diminutive of os ‘bone. ’
Oxford Dictionary
ossicle
ossicle |ˈɒsɪk (ə )l | ▶noun Anatomy & Zoology a very small bone, especially one of those in the middle ear. • Zoology a small piece of calcified material forming part of the skeleton of an invertebrate animal such as an echinoderm. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin ossiculum, diminutive of os ‘bone ’.
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