— skeletonization , n. — skeletonizer , n.
/skel"i tn uyz'/ , v.t., skeletonized, skeletonizing .
1. to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.
2. to reduce in size or number, as a military unit.
3. to construct in outline.
Also, esp. Brit., skeletonise .
[ 1635-45; SKELETON + -IZE ]