Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stapes"

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) 1.7 (wn)

stapes
n : the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the
incus to the cochlea [syn: {stirrup}]

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