ossículo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ossiculum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈsi.ku.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈsi.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈsi.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈsi.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: -ikulu
• Hyphenation: os‧sí‧cu‧lo

Noun

ossículo m (plural ossículos)

1. Diminutive of osso

   Synonym: ossinho

2. (anatomy) ossicle; earbone

Hypernyms

• (earbone): osso

Meronyms

• (earbone): martelo, bigorna, estribo, estapédio