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ossiculum

os·si·cu·lum

uncommon

noun

1.

a small bone; especially one in the middle ear

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin ossiculum (“little bone”), from os (“bone”) + -culum, neuter of -culus (diminutive suffix).

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