malleus
Americannoun
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mallei
plural
noun
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mallei
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of malleus
First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin: “hammer”
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Without the malleus and incus, the vibrations of the pinna would not be able to reach the stapes and then be sent to the cochlea.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
If we did not have the malleus and the incus, then the vibrations of the tympanum would never reach the inner ear.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Without the malleus and incus, the vibrations of the tympanum would not be able to reach the stapes and then be sent to the cochlea.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
When those sound waves hit your eardrum, it vibrates and that vibration is sent behind your eardrum to three tiny bones - the malleus, the incus and the stapes, the smallest bone in your body.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2022
Caldani mentions a case with the incus and malleus deficient, and Scarpa and Torreau quote instances of deficient ossicles.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Caused by the burkholderia mallei bacteria, glanders can cause ulcers and lesions in the horse’s lungs, skin and respiratory tract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2016
Inside the mouth-gizzard are placed two organs, which work like hammers, and which Mr. Gosse therefore names mallei.
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Henry J. Slack
Glanders is due to the action of a specific bacterium, the bacillus mallei, which resembles the tubercle bacillus, save that it is somewhat shorter and broader, and does not stain by Gram's method.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The sterilized products of a culture of the B. mallei are injected beneath the skin of the suspected animal.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
Examination of series of mallei of Eutamias and Tamias indicate that there is slight individual variation, slight variation with age, and no secondary sexual variation.
From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by John A. White
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