-cule, -cula, -culo, -culus, -culum

(Latin: a suffix; small, tiny; also, result of the act of, means of)

ossicula (plural),

animalcule

1. An animal so small as to be visible only with the aid of the microscope.
2. A microscopic or minute organism, as an amoeba or paramecium, usually regarded as an animal. Small animals that can be observed under a microscope.

Small animals that can be observed under a microscope.

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auriculare (s), auricularia (pl)

A craniometric point at the center of the opening of an external auditory canal.

auriculocranial

1. Relating to the auricle or pinna (primary segment) of the ear and the cranium.
2. A reference to an ear and the cranium.

auriculoparietal

The ratio of the breadth of the skull between the auricular points of the ear to its greatest breadth.

auriculotemporal

Referring to an ear and the temporal region, or the surface region of the head on either side roughly corresponding to the outline of the temporal bone (one of the two irregular bones forming part of the lateral surfaces and base of the skull, and containing the organs of hearing).

minuscule

molecule

ossiculum (s), ossicula (pl)

particular

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