malar

¹ American

[mey-ler] / ˈmeɪ lər /

adjective

of or relating to the cheek or zygomatic bone.

noun

Also malar bone zygomatic bone.

Mälar ² American

[mey-ler, -lahr] / ˈmeɪ lər, -lɑr /

noun

Lake, a lake in S Sweden, extending W from Stockholm. 440 sq. mi. (1,140 sq. km).

malar British

/ ˈmeɪlə /

adjective

of or relating to the cheek or cheekbone

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noun

Also called: malar bone. another name for zygomatic bone

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Other Word Forms

intermalar adjective

Etymology

Origin of malar

1775–85; < New Latin mālāris of, pertaining to the cheek, equivalent to Latin māl ( a ) cheek, jaw ( maxilla ) + -āris -ar ¹

Example Sentences

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I knew he was thinking about malar and the fever.

From Literature

Frontal malar projection is also common but more often moderately so; 87 per cent show medium projection and 12 per cent are pronounced.

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Female similar, but anterior half of head black, and no scarlet malar patch.

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Face.—Pain along right malar bone running to temple.

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Zygoma, zī-gō′ma, n. the arch formed by the malar bone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone of the skull.—adj.

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