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AUDITORY OSSICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("auditory ossicle" is a kind of...):
bonelet; ossicle; ossiculum (a small bone; especially one in the middle ear)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "auditory ossicle"):
hammer; malleus (the ossicle attached to the eardrum)
anvil; incus (the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes)
stapes; stirrup (the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea)
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