▪ I. malar, a. (and n.) Anat.
(ˈmeɪlə(r))
[ad. mod.L. mālār-is, f. L. māla jaw, cheek bone, cheek, prob. related to the synonym maxilla as āla (:—*ak-slā) to axilla. Cf. F. malaire.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to the cheek. malar bone, the cheek bone.
| 1782 A. Monro Anat. 97 A very rough triangular surface is extended downwards and outwards, to be connected to the cheek-bone; and therefore may be called the malar process. 1840 G. V. Ellis Anat. 99 The nerve divides into two branches, a malar and temporal. 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 6 The whole length of the malar arch. 1892 Mivart Elem. Ornithol. 142 At the lower margin of the cheek is a narrow linear space known as the malar region. |
B. n. (or absol.) The cheek bone.
| 1866 Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 120 The facial bones short and small; the malars flat. 1881 Mivart Cat 74 The malar is a rather small, lamellar bone which forms the most prominent part of the cheek. |
▪ II. malar
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