skeletal
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Instead of targeting hunger, the experimental drug activates metabolism inside skeletal muscle.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
The designs, including silky dresses and billowing space-age black trousers like those worn by rock star David Bowie in the 1970s, were carefully fitted to the robots' skeletal frames.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Published in Nature Communications, the research combines archaeology, ancient DNA analysis, isotope studies, and skeletal evidence to reconstruct how people lived, moved, ate, and buried their dead roughly 3,000 years ago.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Keenan had suffered rhabdomyolysis, a life-threatening medical emergency caused by rapid, extensive skeletal muscle breakdown, which can be brought on by extreme exertion.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
"I honestly thought she was a demon! She was so skeletal!"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing skeletal
STAAR Biology: Biological Processes and Systems
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Organisms and Environments 5: Human Systems
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Novel Study: Inside Out & Back Again, Unpack and Repack–1976: The Year of the Dragon
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