stapesnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈsteɪ.piːz/us/ˈsteɪ.piːz/plural stapes specializedone of three very small bones that carry sound from the eardrum to the inner ear
See also
incus
malleus
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The ear
- -eared
- audiology
- auditory nerve
- auricular
- auricularis
- cochlea
- concha
- ear
- eardrum
- earlobe
- Eustachian tube
- lug
- lughole
- malleus
- middle ear
- petrous
- pop
- tympanic
- tympanum
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Examples from literature
- It is called the stapes, and it is part of the ear.