malleus
Americannoun
-
mallei
plural
noun
-
mallei
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of malleus
First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin: “hammer”
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
If an individual was born without the malleus in either ear, explain why they might have problems with hearing.
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
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
Inside the Eustachian tube the malleus, which touches the inside of the tympanum, is attached to the incus, which is in turn attached to the horseshoe-shaped stapes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
He was buried at Westminster under a plain slab on which was inscribed Edwardus primus Scottorum malleus hic est.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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
Specimens of the subgenus Eutamias from Manchuria have mallei which are morphologically close to the mallei of the subgenus Neotamias.
From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by John A. White
Examination of series of bacula of the subgenus Neotamias and the genus Tamias indicates, as in the case of the mallei, that there is slight individual variation and slight variation with age.
From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by John A. White
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
The causative organism is known as the Bacillus mallei.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
