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Stapes

The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.

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Tympanum 70% connected

The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.

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Stirrup 92% connected

A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adambulacral adjective · 78% connection

Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish.

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Adytum noun · 78% connection

The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

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Albers-Schonberg disease noun · 78% connection

an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated

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Ambulacral adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.

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Amnion noun · 78% connection

thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)

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Amnios noun · 78% connection

thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)

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Aristotle's lantern unknown · 78% connection

The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.

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Astragalus noun · 78% connection

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

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Autograft noun · 78% connection

tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "When fractures fail to unite, autografts of bone c…

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Belly noun · 78% connection

The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscl…

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Bridle iron unknown · 78% connection

A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be…

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Canon bone unknown · 78% connection

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

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Cockal noun · 78% connection

The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone.

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Endoderm noun · 78% connection

The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

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Epicardium noun · 78% connection

the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium

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Fibrous dysplasia of bone noun · 78% connection

a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesi…

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Fin noun · 78% connection

An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and p…

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Footstall noun · 78% connection

The stirrup of a woman's saddle.

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