ossicle

Etymology
Late 16th century, from from.

Noun

 * 1)  A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.
 * The incus is one of the three auditory ossicles.
 * 1)  Bone-like joint or plate, especially:
 * 2) one of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes;
 * 3) one of the hard articuli or joints of the stem or branches of a crinoid or encrinite;
 * 4) one of the several small hard chitinous parts or processes of the gastric skeleton of crustaceans, as in the stomach of a lobster or crawfish.
 * The skeleton of echinoderms is made of ossicles, linked to each other via muscles and connective tissue.
 * 1) one of the hard articuli or joints of the stem or branches of a crinoid or encrinite;
 * 2) one of the several small hard chitinous parts or processes of the gastric skeleton of crustaceans, as in the stomach of a lobster or crawfish.
 * The skeleton of echinoderms is made of ossicles, linked to each other via muscles and connective tissue.

Derived terms

 * Kerckring's (Kerkring's) ossicle
 * Kerckring's (Kerkring's) ossicle
 * Kerckring's (Kerkring's) ossicle
 * Kerckring's (Kerkring's) ossicle
 * Kerckring's (Kerkring's) ossicle
 * Kerckring's (Kerkring's) ossicle
 * Kerckring's (Kerkring's) ossicle
 * Kerckring's (Kerkring's) ossicle

Related terms
See.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Breton: askornig
 * Bulgarian: костица
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:, sluchová kůstka
 * Dutch:, gehoorbeentje
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ossicino
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: hestîkê bihîstinê
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ossinho
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: кі́сточка, слухова́ кі́сточка
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: esgyrnyn, asgyrnyn
 * Zazaki: binagos


 * Polish: płytka (wapienna)

Noun

 * 1)  small bone