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[syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Malar \Ma"lar\, a. [L. mala the cheek: cf. F. malaire.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the
malar bone; jugal.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
malar \ma"lar\, n. (Anat.)
The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the
orbit; that arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the
prominence of the cheek; also called the malar bone.
Syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os
zygomaticum.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
malar
n 1: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence
of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone,
zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os
zygomaticum]