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ossiculum

ossiculum noun: an ossicle.

Noun

ossiculum (plural ossicula)

  1. An ossicle.

Forms of ossiculum

pluralossicula

Origin of ossiculum

Borrowed from Latin ossiculum (“little bone”), from os (“bone”) + -culum, neuter of -culus (diminutive suffix).

Questions about ossiculum

What does ossiculum mean?
Ossiculum means an ossicle.
What part of speech is ossiculum?
Ossiculum is a noun.
What is the plural of ossiculum?
The plural of ossiculum is ossicula.

Words near ossiculum in the dictionary

  1. ossiculectomy
  2. ossicules
  3. ossiculoplasties
  4. ossiculoplasty
  5. ossiculotomy
  6. ossiculum
  7. ossicusp
  8. ossicusps
  9. Ossie
  10. ossifer
  11. ossiferous

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