noun
pl. -·lei· the largest and outermost of the three small bones in the middle ear of mammals, shaped somewhat like a hammer
Origin of malleus
L, a hammer: see malleablemalleus
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malleus
noun
pl. mal·le·i,The hammer-shaped bone that is the outermost of the three small bones in the mammalian middle ear. Also called hammer .
Origin of malleus
Latin hammer ; see melə- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Plural mallei (mălˌ◌ē-īˌ◌)
The hammer-shaped bone that is the largest and outermost of the three small bones (ossicles) in the middle ear.
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Noun
(plural mallei)
- (anatomy) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
- A fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion.
- (ichthyology) The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes).
- (zoology) One of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers.
Origin
From Latin malleus (“hammer, mallet")
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malleus - Medical Definition
n.
pl. mallei (măl′ē-ī′)The hammer-shaped bone that is the outermost of the three small bones in the mammalian middle ear. Also called hammer
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