skeletal

skel·e·tal  (skl-tl)

adj.

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

2. Attached to or formed by a skeleton.

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skele·tal·ly adv.

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 emaciated, wasted, gaunt, skin-and-bone (informal) cadaverous, hollow-cheeked, lantern-jawed, fleshless, worn to a shadow