ORBICULAR BONE
\ɔːbˈɪkjʊlə bˈə͡ʊn], \ɔːbˈɪkjʊlə bˈəʊn], \ɔː_b_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə b_ˈəʊ_n]\
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Is the smallest of the four bones of the ear. It is scarcely perceptible, round, convex on two surfaces, and situate between the long ramus of the incus and the head of the stapes.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland