ossicle

Questions about ossicle

What does ossicle mean?

ossicle means "a small bone; especially one in the middle ear".

How many syllables are in ossicle?

ossicle has 3 syllables and divides as os-si-cle under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ossicle?

Close synonyms include bonelet, ossiculum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ossicle a common word?

ossicle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.