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Malleus   Listen
noun
Malleus  n.  (pl. mallei)  
1.
(Anat.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium.
2.
(Zool.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
3.
(Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.





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"Malleus" Quotes from Famous Books



... concha; (inner) labyrinth. Associated Words: otology, otologist, aurist (ear doctor), auricular, otography, otopathy, aural, auditory, otiatrics, lappet, otoplasty, tympanitis, otorrhea, auricled, alveary, otolith, lobe, otic, binaural, malleus, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
... this—the "Disquisitiones Magicae" of Delrio, the "Demonomanie" of Bodin, the "Malleus Maleficarum" of Sprengel, and the like, are at no time to be regarded merely as subjects of amusement; they have their philosophical value; they have a still greater historical value; and they show how far even ...
— The Phantom World - or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. • Augustin Calmet


Words linked to "Malleus" :   middle ear, auditory ossicle


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