Meaning Of The Word Stapes

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stapes in American English
a small, stirrup-shaped bone, the innermost of a chain of three bones in the middle ear of mammals; stirrup
noun: 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 in British English
noun: the stirrup-shaped bone that is the innermost of three small bones in the middle ear of mammals

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