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stapes |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stapes \Sta"pes\, n. [LL., a stirrup.] (Anat.) The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form See Illust. of {Ear}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stapes n : the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound to the cochlea [syn: {stirrup}]
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