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ma·lar
(mā′lər, -lär′)adj.
Of or relating to the zygomatic bone or the cheek.
n.
See zygomatic bone.
[New Latin mālāris, from Latin māla, cheekbone.]
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malar
(ˈmeɪlə)adj
(Anatomy) of or relating to the cheek or cheekbone
n
(Anatomy) Also called: malar bone another name for zygomatic bone
[C18: from New Latin mālāris, from Latin māla jaw]
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ma•lar
(ˈmeɪ lər)adj.
1. of or pertaining to the cheek or zygomatic bone.
n. 2. Also called ma′lar bone`. zygomatic bone.
[1775–85; < New Latin mālāris of, pertaining to the cheek]
Mä•lar
(ˈmeɪ lər, -lɑr)n.
Lake, a lake in S Sweden, extending W from Stockholm. 440 sq. mi. (1140 sq. km). Swedish, Mä•lar•en (ˈmɛ lɑ rən)
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| Noun | 1. |  malar - the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheekjugal point, jugale - the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone 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 |
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ma·lar
a. malar, rel. a la mejilla o a los pómulos.
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