suprastapedial

from The Century Dictionary.

• Situated above the stapes: noting a part of the stapes or columella of many vertebrates which lies above the mediostapedial part, or that representative of the same part which is the proximal extremity of the hyoidean arch. This is variously homologized in different cases. See cuts under stapes and hyoid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective anatomy Of, relating to, or designating that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals.