English Dictionary

malleus

/ˈmæl.i.əs/

noun

(anatomy) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear. / (ichthyology) The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes). / (zoology) One of the paired calcareous structures within the mastax of rotifers.

The malleus is a small bone in the middle ear.

意味（1）

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

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

意味（2）

(ichthyology) The tripus (ossicle in cypriniform fishes).

意味（3）

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

[…] in the typical mastax of a Brachionus there are two hammer-like bodies (mallei), which work on a kind of split anvil (incus); … each malleus consists of an upper part or head (uncus) and a lower or handle (manubrium);