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stirrup bone

noun

  1. See stapes
    the nontechnical name for stapes

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stirrup bone1

C17: so called because of its stirrup-like shape

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Example Sentences

It is on the inner side of the oval window, which was closed, as we have seen, by the stirrup bone.

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