skeletal (redirected from skeletal scurvy)

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

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.

Translations

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

skeletal [ˈskɛlɪt^əl] adj

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

(= extremely thin) [person] → squelettique

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

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

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