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malleus
noun /ˈmæl.i.əs/
a) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.

The malleus is one of the three auditory bones.

b) The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes).

A fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion.

Syn: hammer, malleus Weberi

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