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skeletal

adjective
 
 
/ˈskel.ɪ.təl/ US  /-t̬əl/

Definition

of or like a skeleton (= frame of bones): Her body was skeletal (= very thin). He suffered serious skeletal injuries in the accident.Bone structures describes something that exists in its most basic form: The newspaper report gave only a skeletal account of the debate.Crude and basic
(Definition of skeletal adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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