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
- noun A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.
- noun One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.
- noun One of the hard articuli or joints of the stem or branches of a crinoid or encrinite.
- 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.
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
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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