ossiculen.

Brit.

/ˈɒsᵻkjuːl/, U.S.

/ˈɑsəˌkjul/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ossiculum.

Etymology: < classical Latin ossiculum ossiculum n.; compare -cule suffix. Compare French ossicule stone of a fruit (1765), small bone (1838).

Anatomy and Zoology. rare.

= ossicle n. 1a.

ΚΠ

1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i. 308/1 Ossicule (pl.), small bones of the ear: the malleus, the incus, and the stapes. They collectively constitute a single-armed lever.

1886 Philos. Trans. 1885 (Royal Soc.) 176 97 On the right side of the skull..the ossicules were removed.

1978 Clin. Otolaryngol. 3 273 The problem becomes more difficult in tympanoplastic management of old radical cavities with no ossicules apart from the stapes footplate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ossicule
释义	ossiculen. Brit. /ˈɒsᵻkjuːl/, U.S. /ˈɑsəˌkjul/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ossiculum. Etymology: < classical Latin ossiculum ossiculum n.; compare -cule suffix. Compare French ossicule stone of a fruit (1765), small bone (1838). Anatomy and Zoology. rare. = ossicle n. 1a. ΚΠ 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i. 308/1 Ossicule (pl.), small bones of the ear: the malleus, the incus, and the stapes. They collectively constitute a single-armed lever. 1886 Philos. Trans. 1885 (Royal Soc.) 176 97 On the right side of the skull..the ossicules were removed. 1978 Clin. Otolaryngol. 3 273 The problem becomes more difficult in tympanoplastic management of old radical cavities with no ossicules apart from the stapes footplate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
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