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SKELETAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Example:

kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration

Synonyms:

cadaverous; emaciated; gaunt; haggard; pinched; skeletal; wasted

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton

Example:

skeletal muscles

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

skeleton (the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal)

Derivation:

skeleton (the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal)

Credits

 Context examples: 

An inherited or sporadic disorder affecting the skeletal muscles.

(Myofibrillar Myopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

This blockade of communication between the nervous system and skeletal muscle can cause paralysis and can lead to death if the paralysis is severe enough to prevent breathing.

(Botulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A single bone or multiple skeletal sites may be involved.

(Bone Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes growth/differentiation factor 8 protein, is involved in the negative regulation of skeletal muscle growth.

(MSTN wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by inflammation involving the skeletal muscles.

(Myositis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A benign mesenchymal neoplasm arising from smooth, skeletal, or cardiac muscle tissue.

(Benign Muscle Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An international team of researchers discovered two proteins essential to the development of skeletal muscle.

(Researchers Discovered Proteins Essential to Development of Skeletal Muscle, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Connective tissue that forms the skeletal components of the body.

(Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in skeletal system development.

(ANXA2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of inherited lysosomal storage diseases characterized by accumulation of lipids and carbohydrates in the tissues, resulting in mental disabilities and skeletal malformations.

(Mucolipidosis, NCI Thesaurus)