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Stapes

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Word	Definition
stirrupnoun	(equestrianism) A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stapes"

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Word	Definition
stirrupnoun	(equestrianism) A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
capitulumnoun	(botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
gushernoun	An oil well that has a natural flow and so requires no pumping.
footplatenoun	(rail transport) The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive and supports the boiler and the driver's cab, particularly in the United Kingdom.
stapediusnoun	(anatomy) A small muscle of the middle ear that arises from the wall of the tympanum and is inserted into the neck of the stapes by a tendon that sometimes contains a slender spine of bone; it is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body, serving to stabilize the stapes to check and dampen its vibration.
stapedectomynoun	(surgery) The surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear.
extrastapesnoun	A cartilaginous structure connecting the stapes to the tympanic membrane in birds and reptiles
stirrup bonenoun	(anatomy) the smallest bone in the human body; it is situated in the ear and passes vibrations from the anvil to cochlea
stapedotomynoun	(surgery) A surgical operation in which a tiny hole is made in the footplate of the stapes, and a prosthesis is placed to touch this area with movement of the tympanic membrane.
anvilnoun	A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
otostealnoun	(anatomy) An auditory ossicle.
ossiclenoun	(anatomy) A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.
staphylenoun	(anatomy) The uvula of the soft palate.
osteophonenoun	An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.
stethoscopenoun	(medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
middle earnoun	(anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.
columellanoun	(anatomy) The skin at the end of the septum which separates the nostrils.
metosteonnoun	(anatomy) The posterolateral ossification in the sternum of birds.
mesostegostomnoun	The second-anteriormost section of the stegostom, sometimes fused with the prostegostom.
stereobatenoun	The foundation, typically of a stone building.