stapes
pronunciation
How to pronounce stapes in British English:
UK ['steɪpi:z]
How to pronounce stapes in American English:
US ['steɪpiz]
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- Noun:
- the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
Word Origin
- stapes (n.)
- "stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear," 1660s, from Modern Latin (1560s), special use of Medieval Latin stapes "stirrup," probably an alteration of Late Latin stapia, related to stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm" (see stet) + pedem, accusative of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). This was an invented Medieval Latin word for "stirrup," for which there was no classical Latin word, as the ancients did not use stirrups.
Example
- 1. Resection of partial stapes by laser and installation of .
- 2. The fixation of the stapes may progress rapidly during pregnancy .
- 3. Next few stapes explains how to create the reflection of the text .
- 4. The bt is one of the stapes of the strider line up .
- 5. Removal of the fixed stapes bone and replacement with an artificial prosthesis .