bonelet

A noun referring to a small bone, particularly one found in the middle ear.

• 🇫🇷Petit os, en particulier ceux de l'oreille moyenne. Terme désignant un os minuscule ou un élément osseux.

1. Small bone C2 formal medical

   A small bone, especially one of the ossicles in the middle ear.

   • The malleus is a bonelet in the middle ear.
   • The surgeon carefully examined the tiny bonelet.
   • Damage to a bonelet can cause hearing loss.

   🇫🇷Petit os

   Synonymes: ossicleossiculum