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Noun: ossicle  ó-si-kul
  1. A small bone; especially one in the middle ear
    - bonelet, ossiculum

Derived forms: ossicles

Type of: bone, os[2]

Part of: middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum

Encyclopedia: Ossicle

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