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malleus

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

mal·le·us / ˈmalēəs/ • n. (pl. mal·le·i / ˈmalēˌī; -ēˌē/ ) Anat. a small bone in the middle ear that transmits vibrations of the eardrum to the incus.

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malleus

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

malleus (mal-iŭs) n. a hammer-shaped bone in the middle ear that articulates with the incus and is attached to the eardrum. See ossicle.

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malleus

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

malleus In Mammalia, the outer ossicle of the middle ear, which is derived from the articular bone of ancestral vertebrates.

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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

malleus In Mammalia, the outer ossicle of the middle ear, which is derived from the articular bone of ancestral vertebrates.

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malleus

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

malleus (hammer) The first of the three ear ossicles of the mammalian middle ear.

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