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PRONUNCIATION OF STAPEDIUS

stapedius  [stəˈpiːdɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAPEDIUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stapedius is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STAPEDIUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stapedius muscle

The stapedius is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body. At just over one millimeter in length, its purpose is to stabilize the smallest bone in the body, the stapes.

Definition of stapedius in the English dictionary

The definition of stapedius in the dictionary is the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STAPEDIUS


Asmodeus
æsˈməʊdɪəs
Claudius
ˈklɔːdɪəs
compendious
kəmˈpɛndɪəs
dupondius
djuːˈpɒndɪəs
fastidious
fæˈstɪdɪəs
gladius
ˈɡlædɪəs
hideous
ˈhɪdɪəs
insidious
ɪnˈsɪdɪəs
medius
ˈmiːdɪəs
melodious
mɪˈləʊdɪəs
Methodius
mɛˈθəʊdɪəs
odious
ˈəʊdɪəs
overtedious
ˌəʊvəˈtiːdɪəs
preludious
prɪˈluːdɪəs
radius
ˈreɪdɪəs
sardius
ˈsɑːdɪəs
studious
ˈstjuːdɪəs
tedious
ˈtiːdɪəs
Thaddeus
ˈθædɪəs
Thadeus
ˈθædɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAPEDIUS

stapedectomy
stapedes
stapedial
stapelia
stapes
staph
staphyline
staphylinid
staphylitis
staphylococcal
staphylococci
staphylococcic
staphylococcus
staphyloma
staphyloplastic
staphyloplasty
staphylorrhaphic
staphylorrhaphy
staple
staple gun

WORDS THAT END LIKE STAPEDIUS

Antonius
Aquarius
Celsius
Confucius
genius
gluteus medius
Ignatius
interradius
long radius
Marius
Mauritius
modius
perradius
Sagittarius
Schwarzschild radius
short radius
Sirius
Stradivarius
turning radius
Vilnius

Synonyms and antonyms of stapedius in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stapedius» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STAPEDIUS

Find out the translation of stapedius to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stapedius from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stapedius» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

镫骨肌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estapedio
570 millions of speakers

English

stapedius
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

stapedius
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الركابي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стременная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estapédio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

stapedius
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étrier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stapedius
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Steigbügel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鐙骨
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

stapedius
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stapedius
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

stapedius
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

stapedius
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टेपेडियस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

slapedius
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stapedio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mięśnia strzemiączkowego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стременцевий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stapedius
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναβολέα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stapedius
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stapedius
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stapedius
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stapedius

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAPEDIUS»

The term «stapedius» is normally little used and occupies the 135.021 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STAPEDIUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stapedius

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAPEDIUS»

Discover the use of stapedius in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stapedius and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hearing: Its Physiology and Pathophysiology
FIGURE 8.2 Schematic drawing of the reflex arc of the acoustic middle ear reflex ( stapedius reflex). N.VIII = auditory nerve; N.VII = facial nerve; N.VII = facial motonucleus; VCN = ventral cochlear nucleus; and SO = superior olivary complex ...
Aage R. Møller, 2000
2
Middle Ear Surgery
This timely book focuses on the latest techniques and developments in the complex field of middle ear surgery, and covers advances in stapes surgery; cholesteatoma surgery; implantable hearing aids; and more!
Klaus Jahnke, 2011
3
Ballenger's Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
VII //m. stapedius n. VII "" -* Figure 6 Neural pathway for the aeoustic middle ear reflex in the rabbit. Reflex is mainly a chain of four neurons with a small ipsilateral three-neuron link. N. VIII = auditory nerve; N. VII = facial nerve; VCN = ventral ...
James Byron Snow, Phillip A. Wackym, John Jacob Ballenger, 2009
4
Attention, Balance and Coordination: The A.B.C. of Learning ...
Attention, Balance and Coordination also includes: a review of relevant literature in the field a review of the origins of The Vestibular-Cerebellar Theory The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology (INPP) Developmental Screening ...
Sally Goddard Blythe, 2011
5
The Neurobiology of Autism
For example, the neural pathway that raises the eyelids also tenses the stapedius muscle in the middle ear, which facilitates hearing the human voice (Borg and Counter, 1989). Thus, the neural mechanisms for making eye contact are shared  ...
Margaret L. Bauman, M.D., Thomas L. Kemper, 2005
6
Electrodiagnosis in Diseases of Nerve and Muscle : ...
Stapedius Reflex The stapedius muscles contract bilaterally in response to unilateral sound stimulation. This contraction in tum dampens the acoustic sensitivity of the middle ear and prevents hyperacusis. Thus, impedance audiometry can ...
Department of Neurology Jun Kimura M.D. Professor Emeritus, University of Kyoto School of Medicine Japan, 2001
7
Essentials of Audiology
vi nth Nerve Right cochlea UNCROSSED (IPSILATERAL) PATHWAY CROSSED (CONTRALATERAL) PATHWAY Vllth Nerve Right stapedius muscle UNCROSSED (IPSILATERAL) PATHWAY Vllth Nerve Left stapedius muscle Superior ...
Stanley A. Gelfand, 2011
8
Surgical Solutions for Conductive Hearing Loss
4) Dissection of tympanosclerosis from the crura should be performed in a posteroanterior direction using slow movements, allowing the stapedius tendon to fixate the stapes during the surgery. If the stapedius tendon has to be resected, this ...
Mirko Tos, 2000
9
Hearing: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders of the Auditory ...
BOX 8.2 (cont'd) stapedius muscle was paralyzed, elicited from the side 1968, with permission from Taylor & Francis). of the paralysis (Bell's Palsy) (reprinted from Borg, temporary threshold shift (TTS) was much greater in an ear where the  ...
Aage R. Moller, 2006
10
Technology and Medical Sciences
The activation of the Tensor Tympani Muscle (TTM) was fixed by varying the activation of the Stapedius Muscle (SM) (Figure 5). Keeping tensor tympani muscle activation and activating the stapedius muscle to 8.0E-02 there is no great ...
R.M. Natal Jorge, Joao Manuel RS Tavares, Marcos Pinotti Barbosa, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAPEDIUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stapedius is used in the context of the following news items.
1
2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Wows With Ear Protection, Active …
Ear protection: Mercedes says the stapedius muscle in your ear contracts when you hear loud noises to protect against excessive sound pressure. If it senses an ... «Cars.com News, Jul 15»
2
New Mercedes Feature Protects Ears from Sound of a Car Accident
When we hear one, the stapedius muscle in our middle ear contracts, blocking out the sound and protecting the rest of the sensitive stuff in our inner ear. «KMBZ, Jul 15»
3
Mercedes Is Using Loud Static to Protect Fancy Ears in Crashes
When your ear hears a sudden loud noise, the acoustic reflex contracts the stapedius muscle in the middle ear to block out the sound, protecting the sensitive ... «Wired, Jul 15»
4
Mercedes Pre-Safe Sound: Künstliches Geräusch schützt Ohr beim …
Die Technik ist sozusagen von der Natur abgelauscht: Auf laute Geräusche reagiert im menschlichen Ohr ein bestimmter Muskel, der „Stapedius“, indem er sich ... «Auto.de, Jul 15»
5
Technology will shine in new Mercedes-Benz
The strangest feature will be something called Pre-Safe Sound, which supposedly takes advantage of a phenomenon called stapedius reflex, Autoblog said. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
6
Knuff von der E-Klasse kann Leben retten
Es gibt da also – und das sollten Sie sich vielleicht für den Fall merken, dass Sie bei Günther Jauch die Millionenfrage beantworten müssen – einen Stapedius ... «Allgemeine Zeitung, Jul 15»
7
Hightech von Mercedes: Neue E-Klasse bietet mehr Sicherheit
Falls Sie kein HNO-Arzt sind, dann jetzt bitte genau aufpassen, denn hier können Sie noch was lernen: Ein "Stapedius" genannter Muskel im Ohr, zieht sich bei ... «N24, Jul 15»
8
Mercedes readies advanced safety tech for next E class
The stapedius muscle in ears contracts when there is a loud noise, giving “greater protection against high sound pressures,” said Mercedes. If sensors and radar ... «Automotive News, Jul 15»
9
Die neue Mercedes E-Klasse: Rauschen für Stapedius
Erschütternde Offenbarung: Die stets fröhliche Maklerin Hanka Rackwitz aus der Vox-Sendung „Mieten.Kaufen.Wohnen“ leidet an schweren Zwangsstörungen. «FOCUS Online, Jul 15»
10
Rauschen für Stapedius
Im Frühjahr 2016 lässt Mercedes die neuen E-Modelle auf die Straße. Doch schon jetzt zeigen die Schwaben nach und nach, mit welchen Neuerungen man in ... «STERN, Jul 15»

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