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malar

  ('lər, -lär') pronunciation
adj.

Of or relating to the zygomatic bone or the cheek.

n.

See zygomatic bone.

[New Latin mālāris, from Latin māla, cheekbone.]


 
 
(mā'lur)
adj

Pertaining to the cheek or the zygomatic bone.

 
('lər, -lär')
adj.

Of or relating to the cheekbone or the cheek.

n.

The cheekbone.

 

Pertaining to mala. See also zygomatic, jugal.

  • m. abscess — abscessation at the root of the carnassial tooth (upper fourth premolar in dogs and upper third in cats) may give rise to an inflammatory reaction, then a fistula on the face, below the eye. Called also carnassial abscess, facial abscess, facial sinus. Less often, abscessation of the roots of the lower carnassial tooth (first molar in dogs and in cats) can drain through the skin over the mandible or into the mouth.
  • m. rash — dogs with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) sometimes develop a symmetric scaling erythematous lesion over the nose which resembles the change seen in humans with SLE.
 
Word Tutor: malar
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IN BRIEF: n. - The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.

Tutor's tip: According to this "mailer" (an advertising flyer), taking two pink tablets daily, will give me Marilyn Monroe-like "malars" (cheekbones) in just three weeks!

 
 
 

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