| Meaning | A small bone; especially one in the middle ear. | |
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| Synonyms | ossicle, ossiculum | |
| Part of | middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum | The main cavity of the ear |
| Narrower | auditory ossicle | ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear |
| Broader | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
| Spanish | bonelet, huesecillo, osezuelo, ossiculum | |
| Catalan | bonelet, ossicle, ossiculum | |
| Nouns | bone | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
| bone | the porous calcified substance from which bones are made | |
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