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skel·e·tal
(skĕl′ĭ-tl)adj.
1. Of, relating to, forming, or of the nature of a skeleton.
2. Attached to or formed by a skeleton.
3. So thin or emaciated as to appear bony.
4. Extremely basic or simplified: a skeletal description of the events.
skel′e·tal·ly adv.
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skel•e•tal
(ˈskɛl ɪ tl)adj.
of, pertaining to, or like a skeleton.
[1850–55]
skel′e•tal•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | skeletal - of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles" |
| 2. | skeletal - very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" |
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skeletal
adjective
1. emaciated, wasted, gaunt, skin-and-bone (informal), cadaverous, hollow-cheeked, lantern-jawed, fleshless, worn to a shadow a hospital filled with skeletal children
2. incomplete, inadequate, insufficient, wanting, lacking, partial, patchy, deficient, scrappy, fragmentary, bitty Passenger services can best be described as skeletal.
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skeletal
adjectivePhysically haggard:
Idiom: skin and bones.
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Translations
skeletal
[ˈskelɪtl] ADJ1. (Anat) [structure, development] → óseo, del esqueleto; [remains] → de huesos
skeletal structure or system → esqueleto m, sistema m óseo
skeletal structure or system → esqueleto m, sistema m óseo
2. (= emaciated) [person, body] → esquelético; [face] → enjuto
3. (= schematic) [timetable] → reducido
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
skeletal
[ˈskɛlɪtəl] adj [remains] → de squelette; [system, muscle] → squelettique
(= extremely thin) [person] → squelettique
(= very basic) [service] → spartiate; [plot] → squelettique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
skeletal
adj person → bis aufs Skelett abgemagert; appearance → wie ein Skelett; shapes of trees etc → skelettartig; skeletal muscles → Skelettmuskulatur f; skeletal remains → Teile pl → eines Gerippes; the skeletal system → das Skelett
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
skel·e·tal
n. esquelético-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
skeletal
adj esqueléticoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.