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

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

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

He purred seismically and arched his back, turning skeletal then back to calico.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan