Malleus

//ˈmæl.i.əs//

Synonyms for "malleus" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (5)

Related words (8)

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Translations

39 translations across 30 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • hamer noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)
  • hamerbeentjie noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عُظيمة المطرقة noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • чукче noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Catalan

1 entries
  • martell noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 錘骨 /锤骨 noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Czech

1 entries
  • kladívko noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • maleo noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vasar noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Finnish

2 entries
  • vasara noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)
  • vasaraluu noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

French

2 entries
  • malléus noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)
  • marteau noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

German

2 entries
  • Hammer noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)
  • Malleus noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Greek

1 entries
  • σφύρα noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kalapács noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Ido

1 entries
  • marteleto noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Irish

2 entries
  • casúirín noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)
  • mailléas noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 槌骨 noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Korean

1 entries
  • 추골 noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • че́канче noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Māori

1 entries
  • hama noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • çekûç noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • Hammer noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Polish

4 entries
  • chitynowa płytka noun (part of the mastax of rotifers)
  • młoteczek noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)
  • młoteczek noun (part of the mastax of rotifers)
  • ząb noun (part of the mastax of rotifers)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • martelo noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Romanian

1 entries
  • ciocan noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Russian

1 entries
  • молото́чек noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kladivce noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Spanish

2 entries
  • malleus noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)
  • martillo noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Thai

1 entries
  • กระดูกค้อน noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Turkish

1 entries
  • çekiç noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • xương búa noun (the small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The hermit maintained and bucklered his opinion, by quotations from Malleus Malificarum, Sprengerus, Remigius, and other learned demonologists, that the Evil One, thus seduced to remain behind the appointed hour, would assume her true shape, and, having appeared to her terrified lover as a fiend of hell, would vanish from him in a flash of sulphurous lightning.

Source: tatoeba (7752161)

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

Source: wiktionary

The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup"). The "handle" of the malleus is secured to the eardrum, and the base of the stapes fits into the oval window.

Source: wiktionary

[…] 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);

Source: wiktionary

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