skeletal

skel·e·tal

 (skĕl′ĭ-tl)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, forming, or of the nature of a skeleton.

2. Attached to or formed by a skeleton.

3. So thin or emaciated as to appear bony.

4. Extremely basic or simplified: a skeletal description of the events.

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skel′e·tal·ly adv.

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skel•e•tal

(ˈskɛl ɪ tl)

adj.

of, pertaining to, or like a skeleton.

[1850–55]

skel′e•tal•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	skeletal - of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles"
	2.	skeletal - very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, wasted lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

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skeletal

adjective

1. emaciated, wasted, gaunt, skin-and-bone (informal), cadaverous, hollow-cheeked, lantern-jawed, fleshless, worn to a shadow a hospital filled with skeletal children

2. incomplete, inadequate, insufficient, wanting, lacking, partial, patchy, deficient, scrappy, fragmentary, bitty Passenger services can best be described as skeletal.

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skeletal

adjective

Physically haggard:

cadaverous, drawn, emaciated, gaunt, shrunken, wasted.

Idiom: skin and bones.

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Translations

scheletrico

skeletal

[ˈskelɪtl] ADJ

1. (Anat) [structure, development] → óseo, del esqueleto; [remains] → de huesos
skeletal structure or system → esqueleto m, sistema m óseo

2. (= emaciated) [person, body] → esquelético; [face] → enjuto

3. (= schematic) [timetable] → reducido

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

skeletal

[ˈskɛlɪt^əl] adj

[remains] → de squelette; [system, muscle] → squelettique

(= extremely thin) [person] → squelettique

(= very basic) [service] → spartiate; [plot] → squelettique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

skeletal

adj person → bis aufs Skelett abgemagert; appearance → wie ein Skelett; shapes of trees etc → skelettartig; skeletal muscles → Skelettmuskulatur f; skeletal remains → Teile pl → eines Gerippes; the skeletal system → das Skelett

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skeletal

[ˈskɛlɪtl] adj (Anat) → dello scheletro; (like a skeleton) → scheletrico/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

skel·e·tal

n. esquelético-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

skeletal

adj esquelético

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