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skel·e·ton

skeleton

pronunciation:: ske l tn
features:: Word History, Word Explorer

part of speech:	noun
definition:	A skeleton is the set of bones in your body or in an animal's body. There are 206 bones in the skeleton of an adult human. Nicole's book about the human body has a picture of a skeleton labeled with the names of all the bones.
derivation:	skeletal (adj.)

Word History

Skeleton comes from skeletos, an ancient Greek word that means "dried up."

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	conventionally associated with skeletons
	dinosaur, Halloween
	related to skeletons
	fossil
	some activities with skeletons
	find, repair, study
	some descriptions of skeletons
	hard, hollow, strong, white
	some parts of the human skeleton
	backbone, rib, skull, teeth, wrist
	some people associated with skeletons
	doctor, scientist, surgeon, teacher, veterinarian
	some places for study of skeletons
	classroom, museum
	some things that affect the strength of skeletons
	disease
	some things that compose skeletons
	bones
	some tools for repairing skeletons
	cast