skeletal
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Keenan had suffered rhabdomyolysis, a life-threatening medical emergency caused by rapid, extensive skeletal muscle breakdown, which can be brought on by extreme exertion.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
"Even using soup cans or books as a form of resistance provides stimulus to skeletal muscles and could be used by individuals for whom other options are not feasible."
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
A man in eastern India has said he was forced to carry his sister's skeletal remains to a bank to prove her death after failing to withdraw her savings.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Low muscle mass was defined as a skeletal muscle mass index below 9.36 kg/m2 for men and below 6.73 kg/m2 for women.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
—The window was the merest slit in the black rock, not big enough for a man to enter....A skeletal figure was just visible through it, curled beneath a blanket....Dead, or sleeping...?
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing skeletal
STAAR Biology: Biological Processes and Systems
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Organisms and Environments 5: Human Systems
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Novel Study: Inside Out & Back Again, Unpack and Repack–1976: The Year of the Dragon
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