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Webster 1913 Edition


malar

ma′lar

,
Noun.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Malar

MA'LAR

,
Adj.
[L. mala, the cheek.] Pertaining to the cheek.