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Noun: stirrup bone
  1. The stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
    - stapes, stirrup

Derived forms: stirrup bones

Type of: auditory ossicle

Part of: middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum

Encyclopedia: Stirrup bone

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