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Definition of Malleus

1. Noun. The ossicle attached to the eardrum.

Definition of Malleus

1. n. 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. See Illust. of Far.

Definition of Malleus

1. Noun. (anatomy) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear. ¹

2. Noun. (ichthyology) The tripus (''ossicle in cypriniform fishes''). ¹

3. Noun. (zoology) One of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Malleus

1. a bone of the middle ear [n -LEI]

Medical Definition of Malleus

1. Origin: L, hammer. See Mall a beetle. 1. 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. One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax. 3. A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Malleus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"malleus. They prevent lateral displacement of the malleus, and account for the constancy of the short process as a landmark of the drum membrane: the short ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1891)
"The long process of the malleus, also called the handle or manubrium of the ... The attachment of the malleus between the layers of the drum-head will be ..."

3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"Careful measurements shew that the whole length of the line from F the fulcrum to P, where the power is applied, is about FIG. 183. THE malleus AND INCUS, ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"When the tympanic membrane moves inward, the handle of the malleus moves with it. The movement of the malleus moves the incus, and the movement of the incus ..."

5. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"The handle of the malleus is firmly united to the fibres of the tympanic membrane ... Besides this, the malleus is fixed by ligaments which prescribe the ..."

6. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"There are three of these, malleus, incus and stapes, extending in a chain from ... Note that the neck and head of the malleus form an angle with the handle, ..."

7. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"There are three small bones in the middle ear, the malleus (hammer) (Fig. ... The malleus (Fig. 171, i) consists of a ,UTS AND INCUS- slender handle (a) ..."

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