malar
adjective
of or relating to the cheek or zygomatic bone.
malar
1 American
[mey-ler]
/ ˈmeɪ lər /
adjective
noun
-
malars
plural
Mälar
2
American
[mey-ler, -lahr]
/ ˈmeɪ lər, -lɑr /
noun
malar
British
/ ˈmeɪlə /
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of malar
1775–85; < New Latin mālāris of, pertaining to the cheek, equivalent to Latin māl ( a ) cheek, jaw ( see maxilla) + -āris -ar 1
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I knew he was thinking about malar and the fever.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
Wounds of the malar bone were not infrequent.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
There is often a peculiar flush on the face, not limited to the malar eminences, but extending up to the roots of the hair.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
Spheneth′moid, pertaining to the sphenoid and the ethmoid bone; Sphē′nō-fron′tal, -mā′lar, -pal′atine, -parī′etal, -tem′poral, pertaining to the sphenoid and frontal, malar, palatine, parietal, and temporal bones respectively.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
In the ox and the sheep, it articulates with a process of the malar bone.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
It is not that swan of the Adriatic, singing her death-song in the purple sunset, but a northern eaglet, nested on the islands and rocky shores of the pale green Mälar lake.
From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor
Perched on an isle of rock at the eastern extremity of Lake Mälar, it stood forth like a sentinel guarding the entrance to the heart of Sweden.
From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson
We are off to Upsala; the paddles strike the waters of the Mälar, and we shoot away from the picturesque city of Stockholm.
From Pictures of Sweden by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
Around its base on north and south dashed the foaming waters of the Mälar, seeking their outlet through a narrow winding channel to the Baltic.
From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson
At that critical time Smirre Fox happened to come sneaking through a birch grove just north of Lake Mälar.
From The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Velma Swanston Howard
Strongly developed malars are common, and they tend to project laterally more than frontally.
From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Norman E. Gabel
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