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Incus

Incus \In"cus\, n. [L., anvil.]

  1. An anvil.

  2. (Anat.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.

  3. (Zo["o]l.) The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
incus

ear bone, 1660s, from Latin incus "anvil," from incudere "to forge with a hammer." So called by Belgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564).

Wiktionary
incus

n. 1 (context skeleton English) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear. 2 (context meteorology English) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.

WordNet
incus
  1. n. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes [syn: anvil]

  2. [also: incudes (pl)]

Wikipedia
Incus

The anvil or incus is a bone in the middle ear. The anvil-shaped small bone is one of three ossicles in the middle ear. The incus receives vibrations from the malleus, to which it is connected laterally, and transmits these to the stapes, medially. The incus is so-called because of its resemblance to an anvil .

Usage examples of "incus".

Shaheed," Beckmann returned inci sively, leaving no room for Retledge to interrupt him, "is time.

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