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stapes

[ stey-peez ]

noun

Anatomy.
plural stapes, stapedes
  1. the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.


stapes

/ ˈsteɪpiËz; stæˈpiËdɪəl /

noun

  1. the stirrup-shaped bone that is the innermost of three small bones in the middle ear of mammals Nontechnical namestirrup bone Compare incus malleus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

stapes

/ ²õ³ÙÄå′±èŧ³ú /

, Plural stapes ²õ³ÙÄå′±èÄ­-»åŧ³ú′

  1. The roughly stirrup-shaped bone that is the innermost of the three small bones (ossicles) of the middle ear.
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Derived Forms

  • stapedial, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ù²¹Â·±è±ð·»å¾±Â·²¹±ô [st, uh, -, pee, -dee-, uh, l], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stapes1

First recorded in 1660–70; from New Latin ²õ³Ù²¹±èŧ²õ, Medieval Latin: “stirrup,†perhaps etymologizing alteration of Italian staffa “stirrup†(from Germanic ) by association with Latin ²õ³ÙÄåre “to stand,†and ±èŧ²õ, stem ped- “f´Ç´Ç³Ùâ€; foot
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stapes1

C17: via New Latin from Medieval Latin, perhaps a variant of staffa, stapeda stirrup, influenced in form by Latin ²õ³ÙÄåre to stand + ±èŧ²õ a foot
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Example Sentences

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Medicals historians have speculated that otosclerosis—a condition in which a tiny ear bone called the stapes fuses with other parts of the ear—might have been responsible for Beethoven’s hearing loss.

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That's because otosclerosis is a disease that affects the bone that surrounds the stapes.

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These bones shifted slightly internally to form a middle ear together with a bone called the stapes, which was present in mammalian ancestors.

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Police say on March 17 the 36-year-old Alexander threw a mug at his mother in the family home, opening a wound that required three stapes to close.

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Earliest known mammalian stapes from an early cretaceous eutriconodontan mammal and implications for evolution of mammalian middle ear.

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