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Meanings of malleus bone in English

Russian
молоточек
Portuguese
martelo
Spanish
martillo
Catalan
màl·leus

Bone of the middle ear- handle of malleus 5 mm, head of malleus -2 mm.

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молоточек
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Examples for "malleus"
Examples for "malleus"
1
Thomas Cromwell, like Latimer of humble origin, was the "malleus monachorum."
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
2
Caldani mentions a case with the incus and malleus deficient, and Scarpa and Torreau quote instances of deficient ossicles.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
3
This causes the incus to move through a shorter distance, but with greater force than the end of the malleus.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
4
Examination of the malleus shows that the width, but not the length, of this ossicle is decreased in the mutant mice.
Pubmed
5
He is known in the history of anatomical discovery as the first who described the two tympanal bones, termed malleus and incus.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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