| Pronunciation: | | 'maleeus
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] the ossicle attached to the eardrum |
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MALLEUS is a 7 letter word that starts with M. |
| | Synonyms: | | hammer |
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| | See Also: | | auditory ossicle, middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mal"le*us\, n.; pl. {Mallei}. [L., hammer. See {Mall} a
beetle.]
1. (Anat.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones,
ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic
membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See
Illust. of {Far}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of
Rotifera. See {Mastax}.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The outermost of three tiny bones, connecting the eardrum to the vibration-sensitive structures of the inner ear and thereby amplifying and transmitting sound waves. |
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