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incus
[ing´kus]Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
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(ing'kŭs, in-kū'dis, in-kū'dēz), [TA] Avoid the incorrect plural inci.The middle of the three ossicles in the middle ear; it has a body and two limbs or processes (long crus of incus and short crus of incus); at the tip of the long crus is a small knob, the lenticular process, which articulates with the head of the stapes.
Synonym(s): anvil
[L. anvil]
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anvil
(ăn′vĭl)n.
Anatomy See incus.
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anvil
AnatomyIncus [NA6].
Occupational health
A device used by blacksmiths to forge iron.
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in·cus
(ing'kŭs) [TA]The middle of the three ossicles in the middle ear; it has a body and two limbs or processes (long crus and short crus); at the tip of the long crus is a small knob, the lenticular process that articulates with the head of the stapes.
Synonym(s): anvil.
Synonym(s): anvil.
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anvil
- the INCUS.
- any stone used by a song thrush to break open land snails such as Cepaea nemoralis. Collecting shells at such a site can show which colour forms of the snails are selected by the searching thrushes.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
in·cus
(ing'kŭs) [TA]Middle of the three ossicles in the middle ear; has a body and two limbs or processes; at tip of long crus is a small knob, the lenticular process, which articulates with head of the stapes.
Synonym(s): anvil.
Synonym(s): anvil.
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