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| 1. | [ adjective ] of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton | |
| Examples: | "the skeletal system" "skeletal bones" "skeletal muscles" |
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| Related terms: | frame skeleton | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | |
| Synonyms: | gaunt bony emaciated haggard cadaverous pinched wasted | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | thin | |
| Similar spelling: |
skillet skeleton skilled Skelton |
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