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stir⋅rup

  [stur-uhp, stir-, stuhr-]
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–noun
1. a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
2. any of various similar supports or clamps used for special purposes.
3. Nautical. a short rope with an eye at the end hung from a yard to support a footrope, the footrope being rove through the eye.
4. Also called binder. (in reinforced-concrete constructions) a U-shaped or W-shaped bent rod for supporting longitudinal reinforcing rods.
5. Anatomy. stapes.
6.
a. a strap of fabric or elastic at the bottom of a pair of pants, worn around and under the foot.
b. stirrups, (used with a plural verb) close-fitting knit pants with such straps.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE stigrāp (stige ascent + rāp rope ); c. G Stegreif

Related forms:
stir⋅rup⋅less, adjective
stir⋅rup⋅like, adjective
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sta⋅pes

  [stey-peez]
–noun, plural sta⋅pes, sta⋅pe⋅des  [stuh-pee-deez] . Anatomy.
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def. 1), malleus.

Origin:
1660–70; < NL stapēs, ML: stirrup, perh. etymologizing alter. of It staffa stirrup (< Gmc) by assoc. with L stāre to stand, and pēs, s. ped- foot

Related forms:
sta⋅pe⋅di⋅al  [stuh-pee-dee-uhl] , adjective
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sta·pes   (stā'pēz)   
n.   pl. stapes or sta·pe·des (stā'pĭ-dēz')
The innermost of the three small bones of the middle ear, shaped somewhat like a stirrup. Also called stirrup.

[New Latin stapēs, stapēd-, from Medieval Latin, stirrup.]
sta·pe'di·al (stā-pē'dē-əl) adj.
stir·rup   (stûr'əp, stĭr'-)   


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n.  

  1. A flat-based loop or ring hung from either side of a horse's saddle to support the rider's foot in mounting and riding; a stirrup iron.

  2. A part or device shaped like an inverted U in which something is supported, held, or fixed.

  3. Nautical A rope on a ship that hangs from a yard and has an eye at the end through which a footrope is passed for support.

  4. Anatomy See stapes.


[Middle English stirope, from Old English stīgrāp : stīgan, to mount; see steigh- in Indo-European roots + rāp, rope.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sta·pes
Pronunciation: 'stA-(")pEz
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural stapes or sta·pe·des /st&-'pE-"dEz/
: the innermost of the chain of three ossicles in the middle ear of a mammal having the form of a stirrup, a base occupying the oval window of the tympanum,and a head connected with the incus called also stirrup

Main Entry: stir·rup
Pronunciation: 'st&r-&p also 'stir-&p or 'st&-r&p
Function: noun
1 : STAPES
2 : an attachment to an examining or operating table designed to raise and spread the legs of a patient
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stapes sta·pes (stā'pēz)
n. pl. stapes or sta·pe·des (stā'pĭ-dēz')
The smallest of the three auditory ossicles, whose base fits into the oval window and whose head is articulated with the lenticular process of the long limb of the incus. Also called stirrup.

stirrup stir·rup (stûr'əp, stĭr'-)
n.
See stapes.

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stapes   (stā'pēz)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural stapes or stapedes (stā'pĭ-dēz')
The roughly stirrup-shaped bone that is the innermost of the three small bones (ossicles) of the middle ear.
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stirrup

either of a pair of light frames hung from the saddle attached to the back of an animal-usually a horse or pony. Stirrups are used to support a rider's feet in riding and to aid in mounting. Stirrups probably originated in the Asian steppes about the 2nd century BC. They enormously increased the military value of the horse

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