skeletal
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(a) of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
- the skeletal system
- skeletal bones
- skeletal muscles
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(s) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- emaciated bony hands
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
- eyes were haggard and cavernous
- small pinched faces
- kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration