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ossicle meaning in Tamil

சிற்றெலும்பு

/ˈɒsɪkəl/

ossicle in Tamil: சிற்றெலும்பு, சுண்ணாம்புத் தகடு, நடுச்செவி எலும்புகள். In English, ossicle means a small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.

Tamil words for ossicle

சிற்றெலும்பு, சுண்ணாம்புத் தகடு, நடுச்செவி எலும்புகள்

English meaning of ossicle

  1. noun A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.
  2. noun One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.
  3. noun One of the hard articuli or joints of the stem or branches of a crinoid or encrinite.
  4. noun One of the several small hard chitinous parts or processes of the gastric skeleton of crustaceans, as in the stomach of a lobster or crawfish.

Full definition of ossicle

ossicle in a sentence

  • The incus is one of the three auditory ossicles.
  • The skeleton of echinoderms is made of ossicles, linked to each other via muscles and connective tissue.

Synonyms of ossicle

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Questions about ossicle in Tamil

What is the meaning of ossicle in Tamil?
Ossicle in Tamil is சிற்றெலும்பு, சுண்ணாம்புத் தகடு, நடுச்செவி எலும்புகள்.
ossicle என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Ossicle: சிற்றெலும்பு, சுண்ணாம்புத் தகடு, நடுச்செவி எலும்புகள்.
What does ossicle mean in English?
Ossicle means a small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: ossicle (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: ossicle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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