episkeletaladj.
/ɛpɪˈskɛlɪtəl/ Anatomy.
Of muscles: Situated upon the skeleton, i.e. lying above the horizontal plane of the vertebral axis.
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1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals ii. 45 The episkeletal muscles are developed out of the protovertebræ.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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