malar
adjective
of or relating to the cheek or zygomatic bone.
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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
In Dimorphodon its hinder border is partly covered by the descending edge of the malar process which these animals develop in common with some Dinosaurs, and some Anomodont reptiles, and many of the lower mammals.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
The arch formed by the malar bone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
I have personally known the mistake to be made with syphilitic affections causing pain, respectively, in the superciliary region, in the malar bone, the jaw near the mental foramen, and the parietal eminence.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
The back of the head of Archæopteryx is imperfectly preserved in the region of the quadrate bone, malar arch, and temporal vacuity.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
The wild geese flew on, but instead of the narrow Mälar fiords and the little islands, broader waters and larger islands spread under them.
From The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Howard, Velma Swanston
The creeks rushed as fast as possible down to the rivers, and the rivers did their utmost to carry the water to Lake Mälar.
From The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Howard, Velma Swanston
So they started off one morning, after fortifying themselves with a good breakfast, and flew eastward over Lake Mälar.
From The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Howard, Velma Swanston
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 Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
Crossing Lake Mälar about four miles from his father's house, Gustavus hurried through the forests north of the lake with all the speed that a patriot's zeal could lend.
From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Watson, Paul Barron
Strongly developed malars are common, and they tend to project laterally more than frontally.
From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Gabel, Norman E.
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