ossiculumn.

Brit.

/ɒˈsɪkjᵿləm/, U.S.

/ɑˈsɪkjəl(ə)m/

Inflections: Plural ossicula.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin ossiculum a small bone, in post-classical Latin also the stone of a fruit (1682) < ossi- ossi- comb. form + -culum -culum suffix.With quot. 1706 at sense 2 compare:1686 J. Ray Historia Plantarum I. sig. a3^v/1 Ossiculum,..The stone of a Plum, Cherry or the like fruit.

1. Anatomy and Zoology. An ossicle. Frequently in the names of particular bones with (usually postmodifying) classical, post-classical, or scientific Latin adjectives and nouns.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > types of bones > [noun]

ossicle1578

ossiculum1578

sucking-bone1648

master-bone1677

key-bone1791

bonelet1833

bladelet1859

interhaemal1880

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 37 ^v They are called Sesamina Ossicula for their litlenes, and likenes to the Sesamine seede.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 418/1 The Seed Bones of the foot, called also Ossicula Sesamina.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ossiculum, a little Bone.

1757 C. N. Jenty Course Anatomico-physiol. Lect. III. iv. 71 The ligaments of the Ossicula come next in order.

1805 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 95 199 The ossicula auditûs in man..form a series of conductors, through which sounds are transmitted.

1853 Ladies' Repository Jan. 35/2 The skeleton is composed of little bones or ossicula, inclosed by a tough integument.

1874 D. B. St. J. Roosa Dis. Ear (1876) 20 There is no record of the ossicula auditus until the 15th century.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals ix. 555 On the antambulacral wall,..the ossicula are elongated rods of very unequal lengths, united together.

1929 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 217 448 This author finds S-shaped bones in Cavia, which he regards as basitemporals, and he assigns the same value to the ossicula Bertini in Man.

1968 Brain 91 663 Occasionally during an anterior dislocation the ossiculum remains stationary as the atlas rides forward.

1996 A. Michaels Fugitive Pieces i. 181 I feel the arches of her ribs, every breath flooding blood between the ossicula of her ears and of her feet.

†2. The stone of a fruit. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > stone-fruit or drupe > stone or formation of stone

bonec1384

stone?1523

nut1600

ossiculum1706

paip1721

putamen1793

pyrene1800

pit1803

stoning1842

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ossiculum,..Among Herbalists, the stone of a plum, Cherry or suchlike Fruit.

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2296/2 Botanists also use ossiculum for the stone of a plumb, cherry, or any other stone-fruit.

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

单词	ossiculum
释义	ossiculumn. Brit. /ɒˈsɪkjᵿləm/, U.S. /ɑˈsɪkjəl(ə)m/ Inflections: Plural ossicula. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ossiculum. Etymology: < classical Latin ossiculum a small bone, in post-classical Latin also the stone of a fruit (1682) < ossi- ossi- comb. form + -culum -culum suffix.With quot. 1706 at sense 2 compare:1686 J. Ray Historia Plantarum I. sig. a3^v/1 Ossiculum,..The stone of a Plum, Cherry or the like fruit. 1. Anatomy and Zoology. An ossicle. Frequently in the names of particular bones with (usually postmodifying) classical, post-classical, or scientific Latin adjectives and nouns. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > types of bones > [noun] ossicle1578 ossiculum1578 sucking-bone1648 master-bone1677 key-bone1791 bonelet1833 bladelet1859 interhaemal1880 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 37 ^v They are called Sesamina Ossicula for their litlenes, and likenes to the Sesamine seede. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 418/1 The Seed Bones of the foot, called also Ossicula Sesamina. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ossiculum, a little Bone. 1757 C. N. Jenty Course Anatomico-physiol. Lect. III. iv. 71 The ligaments of the Ossicula come next in order. 1805 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 95 199 The ossicula auditûs in man..form a series of conductors, through which sounds are transmitted. 1853 Ladies' Repository Jan. 35/2 The skeleton is composed of little bones or ossicula, inclosed by a tough integument. 1874 D. B. St. J. Roosa Dis. Ear (1876) 20 There is no record of the ossicula auditus until the 15th century. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals ix. 555 On the antambulacral wall,..the ossicula are elongated rods of very unequal lengths, united together. 1929 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 217 448 This author finds S-shaped bones in Cavia, which he regards as basitemporals, and he assigns the same value to the ossicula Bertini in Man. 1968 Brain 91 663 Occasionally during an anterior dislocation the ossiculum remains stationary as the atlas rides forward. 1996 A. Michaels Fugitive Pieces i. 181 I feel the arches of her ribs, every breath flooding blood between the ossicula of her ears and of her feet. †2. The stone of a fruit. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > stone-fruit or drupe > stone or formation of stone bonec1384 stone?1523 nut1600 ossiculum1706 paip1721 putamen1793 pyrene1800 pit1803 stoning1842 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ossiculum,..Among Herbalists, the stone of a plum, Cherry or suchlike Fruit. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2296/2 Botanists also use ossiculum for the stone of a plumb, cherry, or any other stone-fruit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1578
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