malar

¹ American  

[mey-ler] / ˈmeɪ lər /

adjective

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

---

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).

---

malar British  

/ ˈmeɪlə /

adjective

1. of or relating to the cheek or cheekbone

---

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 ( maxilla ) + -āris -ar ¹

Example Sentences

I knew he was thinking about malar and the fever.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

Zygoma, zī-gō′ma, n. the arch formed by the malar bone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone of the skull.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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.

Face.—Pain along right malar bone running to temple.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

In the pig, ox, sheep, and horse, the external surface is traversed, to a greater or less extent, by a crest which is situated on the prolongation of the inferior border of the malar bone.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard