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    MALLEUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: mallei  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The ossicle attached to the eardrumplay

    Synonyms:

    hammer; malleus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("malleus" is a kind of...):

    auditory ossicle (ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear)

    Holonyms ("malleus" is a part of...):

    middle ear; tympanic cavity; tympanum (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)

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