incus

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋ.kəs/(UK)

Definition of incus

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
    “The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup").”
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noun

  1. A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
    “The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup").”
  2. An accessory cloud in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incūs (“anvil”).

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