Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Surgical removal of the stapes.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An operation for the removal of the stapes in the middle ear.

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  • noun surgery The surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin stapēs, stapēd-, stapes; see stapes + –ectomy.]

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From stapes + -ectomy

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