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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

• 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

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

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

From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Gabel, Norman E.

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

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

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles