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in·cus

(ĭng′kəs)

n. pl. in·cu·des (ĭng-kyo͞o′dēz)

1. An anvil-shaped bone between the malleus and the stapes in the mammalian middle ear. Also called anvil.

2. A thunderhead.

[Latin incūs, incūd-, anvil, from incūsus, past participle of incūdere, to forge with a hammer : in-, intensive pref.; see in-² + cūdere, to beat, forge; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

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incus

(ˈɪŋkəs)

n, pl incudes (ɪnˈkjuːdiːz)

(Anatomy) the central of the three small bones in the middle ear of mammals. Nontechnical name: anvil Compare malleus, stapes

[C17: from Latin: anvil, from incūdere to forge]

incudate, incudal adj

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in•cus

(ˈɪŋ kəs)

n., pl. in•cu•des (ɪnˈkyu diz)

the middle bone of the chain of three small bones in the middle ear of mammals..

Also called anvil.

[1660–70; < New Latin, Latin incūs anvil =incud-, s. of incūdere; see incuse]

in′cu•date` (-kyəˌdeɪt, -dɪt) in′cu•dal, adj.

in·cus

(ĭng′kəs)

One of the three small bones, called ossicles, in the middle ear. The incus is also called the anvil.

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Noun

incus - the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes

anvil

auditory ossicle - ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear

middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum - the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear

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Less commonly, there was immobilization of the first and second ossicles (fixation in the epitympanum), bony callus covering the body of the incus and the lateral semi-circular canal, and exposure of the tympanic segment of the facial nerve overlying the stapes footplate.

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These may be subdivided into lateral epitympanic cholesteatomas if they involve only the Prussak's space, posterior epitympanic cholesteatomas if they grow medial to the incus to involve the posterior epitympanic space, anterior epitympanic cholesteatoma if they grow anteriorly to fill the space anterior to the cog.

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