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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.
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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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"
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:
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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
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

[ˈskɛlɪtəl] 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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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