Adjective: skeletal ske-lu-tul
- Of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
"skeletal muscles"; "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"
- Very thin especially from disease, hunger or cold
"a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys";
- cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, wasted
See also: lean, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], thin
Encyclopedia: Skeletal