ossicle

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It loses its connection with the palato-pterygoid, and apparently ossifies as a small ossicle-- the incus of the middle ear.

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  1. noun A small bone, especially one of the three bones of the middle ear.

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  1. Latin ossiculum, diminutive of os, bone; see ost- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin ossiculum, diminutive of os (oss-), a bone: see os.
 

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/ˈɑsɪkl/
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