malar

ma·lar  (mlr, -lär)

adj.

Of or relating to the zygomatic bone or the cheek.

n.

See zygomatic bone.

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[New Latin mlris, from Latin mla, cheekbone.]

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malar [ˈmeɪlə]

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) of or relating to the cheek or cheekbone

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Also called malar bone another name for zygomatic bone

[from New Latin mālāris, from Latin māla jaw]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

malar - the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek cheekbone, jugal bone, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone jugal point, jugale - the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates arcus zygomaticus, zygoma, zygomatic arch - the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone skull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates zygomatic process - a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch