as in gaunt
suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease
the stray kitten's skeletal body was pitiful to look at
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Recent Examples of skeletal
The results revealed that Black participants had significantly higher bone density at all skeletal sites compared to their white counterparts.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Excessive systemic exposure to fluorides can also lead to skeletal fluorosis, which causes pain, stiffness and bone deformities, or dental/enamel fluorosis, which causes tooth discoloration.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Shoham said their guards told them they were being purposely starved so that, upon their release, the images of their skeletal frames and sunken faces would inflame the Israeli public and force the Netanyahu government to broker a deal.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
The Egyptian scribes may have avoided the crocodiles, but skeletal remains indicate that plenty of them developed arthritis.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Excessive systemic exposure to fluorides can also lead to skeletal fluorosis, which causes pain, stiffness and bone deformities, or dental/enamel fluorosis, which causes tooth discoloration.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Shoham said their guards told them they were being purposely starved so that, upon their release, the images of their skeletal frames and sunken faces would inflame the Israeli public and force the Netanyahu government to broker a deal.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
The Egyptian scribes may have avoided the crocodiles, but skeletal remains indicate that plenty of them developed arthritis.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Skeletal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeletal. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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