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1. (n.) stapes
a small, stirrup-shaped bone, the innermost of the chain of three small bones of the middle ear.
Etymology: (1660–70; < NL stapēs, ML)
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1. (noun) stapes, stirrup
the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
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1. (noun) stapes
the innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear
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1. stapes
One of the three ossicles of the middle ear. It transmits sound vibrations from the INCUS to the internal ear (Ear, Internal see LABYRINTH).
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