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episkeletal

episkeletal adjective: above or outside the skeleton or endoskeleton.

Adjective

episkeletal (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Above or outside the skeleton or endoskeleton
    • episkeletal muscles

Origin of episkeletal

From epi- + skeletal.

Questions about episkeletal

What does episkeletal mean?
Episkeletal means above or outside the skeleton or endoskeleton.
What part of speech is episkeletal?
Episkeletal is an adjective.

Words near episkeletal in the dictionary

  1. episioplasty
  2. episiorrhaphies
  3. episiorrhaphy
  4. episiotomies
  5. episiotomy
  6. episkeletal
  7. episkotister
  8. episkotisters
  9. episkyros
  10. episodal
  11. episodally

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