"stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear," 1660s, from Modern Latin (1560s), special use of Medieval Latin stapes "stirrup," probably an alteration of Late Latin stapia, related to stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm" (see stet) + pedem, accusative of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). This was an invented Medieval Latin word for "stirrup," for which there was no classical Latin word, as the ancients did not use stirrups.
双语例句
1. The fixation of the stapes may progress rapidly during pregnancy.
在怀孕期镫骨固定可能迅速发展.
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2. The height of stapes was measured with the oblique MPR.
在镫骨斜位mpr图像上测量镫骨的高度.
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3. Her stapes had a atrophic neck and appeared pale.
手术见镫骨头在颈部与足弓脱离,足板活动,镫骨苍白.
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4. Abstract Straight columnar piston type stapes prosthesis is commonly used in stapedioplasty.
