malleus.
The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
Meaning & usage
The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
A fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion.
The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes).
One of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers.
Where this word comes from
From Latin malleus (“hammer, mallet”). Doublet of maul.
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