different between stapedotomy vs stapes

English

Etymology

From Late Latin stap?s, stapedem (“stirrup”) + -o- +? -tomy.

Noun

stapedotomy (plural stapedotomies)

1. (surgery) A surgical operation in which a tiny hole is made in the footplate of the stapes, and a prosthesis is placed to touch this area with movement of the tympanic membrane.

Anagrams

• somatotyped

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin stap?s (“stirrup”). Doublet of step.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ste?.pi?z/

Noun

stapes (plural stapes or stapedes)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) A small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals, transmitting vibrations from the incus to the inner ear.

   Synonym: stirrup

Related terms

• stapedial
• stapedo-, staped-

Translations

References

• “stapes”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “stapes”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• bone

Anagrams

• Pestas, aspets, et pass., pastes, sepats, spates, speats

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta.p?s/

Noun

stapes m (plural stapes)

1. stapes

Synonyms

• étrier

Anagrams

• pestas

Latin

Alternative forms

• stapia (rare)

Etymology

From a Germanic source, possibly Frankish *stap or Old High German stapf, staph (“step, stirrup”), both from Proto-Germanic *stapiz (“a step, rung (of a ladder)”). More at step.

Alternatively: Late Latin; possibly from st? (“to stand”) +? p?s (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sta.pe?s/, [?s?t?äpe?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sta.pes/, [?st???p?s]

Noun

stap?s m (genitive stapedis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

1. stirrup
2. (anatomy) stapes (bone in the middle ear)

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• stapedius (adjective)

Descendants

References

• stapes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• stapes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• stapes in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016