stapes, stirrup
(noun) the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stapes (plural stapes or stapedes)
(skeleton) A small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear.
• (bone in the middle ear): stirrup
• Pestas, aspets, pastes, sepats, spates, speats
Source: Wiktionary
Sta"pes, n. Etym: [LL., a stirrup.] (Anat.)
Definition: The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
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