stapedius
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from New Latin stapedius, clipping of mūsculus stapedius (“stapedial muscle”). Doublet of stapedial.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /stəˈpi.di.əs/
- Rhymes: -iːdiəs
Noun
[edit]stapedius (plural stapedii)
- (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.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]muscle
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References
[edit]- “stapedius”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin stapēs (“stirrup; stapes”) + -ius (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /staˈpe.di.us/, [s̠t̪äˈpɛd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /staˈpe.di.us/, [st̪äˈpɛːd̪ius]
Adjective
[edit]stapedius (feminine stapedia, neuter stapedium); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)
Inflection
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | stapedius | stapedia | stapedium | stapediī | stapediae | stapedia | |
genitive | stapediī | stapediae | stapediī | stapediōrum | stapediārum | stapediōrum | |
dative | stapediō | stapediae | stapediō | stapediīs | |||
accusative | stapedium | stapediam | stapedium | stapediōs | stapediās | stapedia | |
ablative | stapediō | stapediā | stapediō | stapediīs | |||
vocative | stapedie | stapedia | stapedium | stapediī | stapediae | stapedia |
Descendants
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- English lemmas
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- English nouns with irregular plurals
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- Latin terms derived from Medieval Latin
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