ossicle
noun/ˈɒsɪkl/
/ˈɑːsɪkl/
(anatomy)- any of the three very small bones in the middle earTopics Bodyc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin ossiculum, diminutive of os ‘bone’.
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