a. Anat. [f. mod.L. stapedi-us (see STAPEDIUS) + -AL.] Pertaining to the stapes.
1875. Huxley, in Encycl. Brit., I. 757/1. The posterior … branch of the seventh nerve passes back … above the stapedial ligament.
1884. Coues, N. Amer. Birds, 154. This stapedial cartilage. Ibid., 186. An extremely delicate rod, stepped into the fenestra ovalis by its foot … and bearing … its hammer-like … stapedial elements.
