Malleus

noun

/ˈmæl.i.əs/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounThe small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.

"A fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion."

2.nounThe tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes).

3.nounOne of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers.

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