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    OSSICULUM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A small bone; especially one in the middle earplay

    Synonyms:

    bonelet; ossicle; ossiculum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("ossiculum" is a kind of...):

    bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ossiculum"):

    auditory ossicle (ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear)

    Holonyms ("ossiculum" is a part of...):

    middle ear; tympanic cavity; tympanum (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)

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