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skeletal

[skel-i-tl] / ˈskɛl ɪ tl /


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Bone and skeletal injuries are a major cause of long-term disability around the world.

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

The skeletal “Drum n Bass” is filled with lines about needing to seem tough when the outside world required it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

The study was published Dec. 15 in "Structural basis for simvastatin-induced skeletal muscle weakness associated with RyR1 T4709M mutation," in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

From Science Daily • Jan. 14, 2026

I followed one of the walkways and explored the skeletal remains of a forgotten civilization.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda