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Skeletal

Skeletal Meaning & Definition
Skeletal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Skeletal?

[adj] 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"
[adj] of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Skeletal: bony | cadaverous | emaciated | gaunt | haggard | lean | pinched | thin | wasted

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Skeletal In Webster's Dictionary

\Skel"e*tal\, a. Pertaining to the skeleton.

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