skeletal
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Her research focuses on metabolic bone diseases and skeletal fragility, and she has published extensively on bone remodeling, metabolic bone disorders, and skeletal pain mechanisms.
From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026
He is an associate professor and researcher in molecular skeletal biology at Lund University.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
Now the creatures' skeletal remains appear to have been found in an Iron Age dig near Cordoba.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
But he is best known for his inimitable, Surrealist pictures featuring skeletal, architectonic figures—merging humans, animals, foliage, totems and signs—which, though indecipherable, are instantly recognizable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
A ghostly, skeletal arm reaches out from behind it, scratching and clawing to reach me.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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