Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ossicular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-sic-u-lar
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to or composed of ossicles.

Example Sentences

"This pressure on the labyrinthine fluid occasions the periodical vertiginous symptoms as well as the tinnitus, the defective hearing being due to the rigidity of the conducting apparatus and the contraction of the ossicular arch."
"Middle ear pathologies were explored with the identical technique, and the status of the ossicular chain was assessed as well."

Derived Forms

interossicular monossicular triossicular

Synonyms

ossiculate

Rhymes With

particular perpendicular curricular vehicular extracurricular testicular ventricular follicular articular lenticular funicular reticular

Questions

What does ossicular mean?: Related to or composed of ossicles.

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