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

The palm wood snaking through the center of Mohammad Al Faraj’s eerie installation seems like the skeletal vertebrae of some giant creature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Now the creatures' skeletal remains appear to have been found in an Iron Age dig near Cordoba.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

“I’ve got to get his skeletal structure because I think he’s, like, big boned,” Rams safety Quentin Lake said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

“Come here. Let me look at you closely. My eyes are not as good as they used to be, thanks to these miserable cataracts,” Teresita said, her skeletal fingers waving us in, urging us closer.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall