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• malar
  malar

  adjective

  of or relating to the cheek or zygomatic bone.
• Mälar
  Mälar

  noun

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

malar

¹ American  

[mey-ler] / ˈmeɪ lər /

adjective

1. of or relating to the cheek or zygomatic bone.

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noun

1. Also malar bone zygomatic bone.

Mälar ² American  

[mey-ler, -lahr] / ˈmeɪ lər, -lɑr /

noun

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

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malar British  

/ ˈmeɪlə /

adjective

1. of or relating to the cheek or cheekbone

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noun

1. Also called: malar bone.  another name for zygomatic bone

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• intermalar
  adjective

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

Example Sentences

I knew he was thinking about malar and the fever.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

Laurillard, on the abnormal division of the malar bone in man.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

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

The arch formed by the malar bone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

The lower arch includes the malar bone, which is in front in the single arch of mammals.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.